What does it take to become a Legal Guardian. I am my fathers Power of Attorney, he is in favor of me being his Legal Guardian.

You will need to sit down with a guardianship attorney, but there are a couple options. First, you have power of attorney, so you can conduct...

Florida PR's newly opened Estate account Income Tax bracket concerns

Sorry to hear about your father's passing. Since you already have an attorney, I would suggest asking your attorney these sorts of questions. The...

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I'm not sure if this question showed up in my view because you live in Florida or if you asked the question in the Florida probate section, but...

Mom moving to Florida and plan is for her son's family to be her caregiver instead of putting her in a dementia home.

There are not necessarily a good set of questions to ask. Locating a member of NAELA or AFELA is a good place to start. It sounds like your...

Can you tell me if someone that has a will from the state of New Jersey and they move to Florida is it still a legal document?

As long as the Will was valid in New Jersey, it should be valid in Florida. She should make an appointment with an estate planning attorney and...

My mother passed away in March. Her will stated that we should divide all assets equally between 3 siblings. Her estate went int

Sorry to hear about your mother's passing. I can understand why one of the siblings feel that way, but I believe that the law would say the...

Relative is in a coma, can I use a power of attorney to Change residence title into a trust?

Sorry to hear about your relative. There are a lot of issues that should be discussed with an attorney. Whether you can or not will depend on what...

Father is 84, has monetary assets, need to know what type of trust to setup.

Your father should sit down with an elder law attorney in his area. Any trust set up by your father will be counted as his asset. There may be a...

No will; individual has declining lung capacity;what are alternatives if individual not able to complete will due to incapacity

A Will is only useful to transfer property upon the individual's death and is of no help in this situation. The person named in a power of...

Having a 401K and being on SSDI and Medically Needy type Medicaid.

I moved your question to Elder law. There are no asset caps for SSDI. You are probably a Qualified Medicare Beneficiary. See the link. They are...