Can a USA citizen gift a cottage (valued at less than $400K) to a child so as to avoid capital gains in both the USA and Canada?

Can a U.S. citizen gift a 400,000 asset to another U.S. citizen? yes. Will the gift cause any tax effect? It will be considered as a taxable gift...

Is it a good idea to have an attorney be the administrator of an estate if you have no relative who lives in state of deceased?

If the estate is large enough, I would suggest using a trust company, also known generically as a corporate fiduciary. They are in the business of...

If your attorney did not already handle this, have the probate court handle it for you, and then failed to tell you what the requirements were, you...

Stepmom refusing to turn over our inheritance.

As the other attorney's stated, it is not as simple as a pre-nup doing what it supposedly said. One, what did it actually say? Two, regardless of...

Do I have to pay property tax on deceased mother's foreclosed estate?

I agree with the other answers but wanted to add some additional comments. When dealing with an insolvent estate (more debt estate admin expenses...

Does a trustee have to be named in a revocable living trust (created before the will) if it will be part of a pour over will?

The law basically says that a trust will never be void for a lack of a trustee, but this is not because a trustee is not needed/required but...

Who to contact and who will be responsible for legal fees? Can I petition the Probate court or do I need an attorney

As an addition to the other excellent answers already given, I would like to add that what you get or do not get from this estate will be governed...

In Ga., may (depening on circimstances) the widow's years support eliminate the mortgage

As Dana pointed out, you can only give someone what you own and in this case a home is owned subject to a secured mortgage, so that status remains...

My dad died w/out a will, do I have any claim to his home he shared with my step mother? Its located in Ga, and paid for.

GA law provides that when a GA resident dies without a will, the rules of intestacy apply. These rules provide that after all higher priority...

My husband is in a hospice he is dying from cancer he would not do a living will or a power attorney i don't know what to do.

You may need to get a guardianship and / or custodianship for your husband to be able to assist him and pay his on-going expenses. You should seek...