In Florida, it is NOT illegal for an attorney who prepares a Will to be named personal representative. However, the attorney must provide the...

A Florida Durable Power of Attorney must contain certain language for it to be effective. I suggest that you have documents created by an...

If a will is filed and has 3 witnesses but not been notarized or approved by judge

You need to open a probate estate with the court. There are ways for witnesses to verify a will if it is not notarized. Your probate attorney can...

I would like to declare my mother mentally in incapacitated?

The only way to have your mother declared "incapacitated" is to file a Petition to Determine Capacity in guardianship court. You need a court...

On a revocable trust what happens if property sold??

When trust assets are sold, the proceeds go into the trust. The terms of the trust control when trust assets are distributed. Trust assets are...

If the Will is valid - signed, witnessed & notarized - you should get everything. The children will not inherit.

If i am named in the ex's will ?if so how/where will i receive a copy attached to the petition for probate?

Most states - if not all - deem the an ex wife passed before the husband, so she receives nothing. On the other hand, if the will gives $$$ to...

Can I request an accounting or inventory, reports since my father's trust was written in 2003?

An inventory should have been provided to each beneficiary when your father passed. The Trustee has a duty to provide annual accountings. You can...

In Probate Husband dies, no will, has a wife of three years and three adult children. House title is sole and separate property.

This estate must be probated as an "intestate estate' (no Will) The assets will be distributed per California law. Please contact an estate...

What if a brother and sister own the house and one of them dies does the so of the deceased have any claim to the property

It all depends on how the deed is titled. You need to take the deed to a real estate or estate attorney for an explanation.