I have reason to believe my husband never divorced first wife is there a place to view divorce records?

Yes-it would be public record in the county records where divorce took place.

Yes-Right of survivorship is stronger than a pre-nup agreement. A will is also stronger than a pre-nup agreement. A pre-nup basically says...

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I agree-only one has to show up at hearing.

My mother is in an ALF. her attorney deferred her money to us through a care contract. this qualified her for the Medicaid Div

In my opinion-the "care contract" or personal services contract is a taxable event and the transfer of assets into this type of account is...

My advice is to follow Attorney Cohan's advice-you should be fine.

Do you think I should hire an attorney or go with a public defender?

Most public defenders do a great job and should be admired for their public service. They often have tremendous case loads and have to allocate...

My wifes mother died recently and the landlord let his wife take property out of her apartment her will

The PR/Executor will have(once appointed) has the legal responsibilty to handle the estate. If the estate is not handled in a proper way-the PR...

If that is the case-someone should try to start a guardianship proceeding. That would be the best way to help the elder. See a guardianship...

If I were the trustee or PR-I would require everyone to sign before I release the checks. Otherwise- you could release a few checks and have...

My mother recently died and her will states that all be sold and split between her 5 children. My youngest sister died earlier.

It depends on the language in the will-it could say equally among the surviving or 5 equal shares issue per stirpes. If it says issue per...