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How is it decided who takes the power of attorney when their is no living will , and a domestic partner is present.
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Answered on June 06, 2013
I'm sorry to hear about your partner. It sounds like your partner did not do a power of attorney document or any type of healthcare directive...
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Is there a way to fight an adult guardianship if the person its for is perfectly healthy and 21 years old.
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Answered on June 04, 2013
The only guardianships I'm aware of for adults are for people with special needs, and they usually continue indefinitely, not until a certain age....
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My 88 yr old father is afraid that the SS admin will drain his savings if he goes into a nursing home. Can that be avoided?
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Answered on June 03, 2013
There are a lot of issues at play here. First, whether or not your father's done a revocable living trust won't have any impact on nursing home...
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My wife died suddenly without a will do I as her husband become the beneficiary?
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Answered on May 31, 2013
I'm sorry to hear about your loss. When a person dies without a will, all of their probate property passes under their state's intestacy laws. I...
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If I did an updated will from Legal Zoom, will that void out my prior will?
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Answered on May 30, 2013
To answer your question about the Will, yes, your new Will voids any previous Wills. You may wish to either destroy your old Will or write a note...
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How can i get rid of my guardians?
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Answered on May 29, 2013
I'm not sure of the specific procedure in Nebraska, but normally if a person is a ward pursuant to a guardianship that was established pursuant to...
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Mentally I'll sister needs to be placed in a nursing home but refuses to go, I need to get her placed, but I'm on a very tight
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Answered on May 28, 2013
I'm sorry to hear about this. You are probably going to need to obtain a guardianship over your sister in order to admit her to a nursing home. In...
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What steps do take when there are three adult children and the mother dies with no father?
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Answered on May 22, 2013
I'm sorry to hear about your sister. I'm not in SD, but in my state in some cases people are able to handle the probate process on their own. What...
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If a man died without a Will and the wife is not on Title to their home but is on mortgage, how does she get Title
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Answered on May 21, 2013
If he died without a Will, that means his heirs will inherit according to his state's intestacy laws. In order to inherit, his wife will have to go...
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How do i go about getting power of attorney or guardianship of my husbands cousin her parent wants to give that to us?
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Answered on May 15, 2013
It depends on whether she is mentally capable of entering into a contract. If she is, she can execute a power of attorney and in that form she will...
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