My wife and I are the trustees of a trust as well as the successor beneficiaries. Her godfather passed away .

If given the option to leave the properties in trust for the beneficiaries, it would preserve a lot of asset protection features and could possibly...

My uncle passed away and left a house in PR. Nephew's son living there for 25 yrs. No rent payment. Can he claim ownership?

Try to re-post this question in Puerto Rico rather than Florida. PR property and probate laws could be way different than ours

Your posting is a little hard to read, but it sounds like you have a couple of months to get a QDRO filed that your Plan Administrator will accept,...

What action do I need to take, i received a 'notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice'

Sounds like good news. If the plaintiff voluntarily dismisses the claim, it means that they give up. "with prejudice" means that they won't ever...

these are great questions to ask your workers' comp attorney when you hire one. you don't have to accept this without a fight. this is exactly...

Is it right for the medical staff to give my rights over to his daughter to make the decisive while he's fighting for his life ?

If, when he still had the mental capacity to do so, he signed a document declaring his daughter to be his health care surrogate, then that is what...

Am I eligible for alimony and am I able to collect my spouses social security benefits after 17yrs of marriage and a homemaker?

Here is a helpful link on the Soc Sec issue: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/yourdivspouse.htm. For the divorce, I recommend consulting...

If I cashed out an employer retirement account and paid my taxes up front, will I be taxed on it again as income?

This is the difference between a rollover and a direct transfer. A direct transfer of retirement assets (e.g. from 401(k) to IRA) goes from...

Can a dead person be named as a beneficiary on a POD account?

The lesson to be learned is to always name multiple beneficiaries (primary, contingent, etc.) because when the named beneficiary predeceases the...

Our mother died and left no will. She left property to sibling and domestic partner but nothing in writing to adult children.

Without a Will, the state's intestacy laws kick in to dictate how the decedent's probate estate is to be passed to the surviving heirs. A domestic...