When you have attorney receiving certain percentage on handling your estate and you have bank accounts etc as POD or TOD.....

Property that is POD or TOD are not probate assets and are not part of the fee calculation for the probate attorney.

You must keep the estate open until you have collected all estate assets. Please have your attorney file an petition to extend the time for filing...

How does a will differ from a trust

A will is a document that disposes of your property at death. Property excluded from the will includes property owned by a trust, property that...

Unless the attorney fee agreement make you personally responsible as a guarantor of attorney fees for the estate, you should not be responsible for...

In 2015, did the order of payouts in probate change?

Personal representatives are entitled to a 3% fee of the inventory value for ordinary services (up to an inventory value of 1 million dollars). ...

How much can the execurtor charge for 200 hours, and can the family petition the court to release the money

If you believe the executor has charged excessive fees, you can petition the court to have the fees reduced. You could also object to the executor...

My exhusband passed away. How do I establish guardianship of my daughter's estate to get life insurance money for her?

If there was no beneficiary on the life insurance policy, you need to file probate in order to access the life insurance. If your daughter is the...

I was a excutor of my mother in laws will. Her Aunt passed and land was left in Ireland to her and 14 other families?

You would need to ask the attorney in Ireland as to what he needs in order to transfer the money. It is possible that he would need a certified...

Can the personal representative use funds from the sale of one homestead asset to pay for the maintenance of another?

Once the Order Determining Homestead Status of Real Property has been obtained, the real property is now owned by the beneficiaries and the...

The bank will not repossess the car as long as your wife is current on car payments. If your wife and her father are listed as co-owners of the...