My 14 year old step daughter wants to move in with her dad and I. Can she make that decision with her age?

You do not indicate in which state the custody proceedings have taken place. It is a matter of the law of the governing state. You should clarify...

How do you modify a house deed?

You should not do what you are wanting to do. There are other ways to avoid probate, and transferring the property as you propose could cost dad...

The short answer is that if you need a Signature Guarantee, you are going to need a trust. Either you need to find a copy or you are going to need...

Agents under a power of attorney in Ohio are now considered “fiduciaries” and doing what you wish to do would be deemed “self-dealing” and contrary...

A Lawyer has the original will and is aware as of 6/25/18 that my father passed away. What if any are her obligations?

While I would suggest that administering an estate without the assistance of an expert probate lawyer is penny-wise and pound-foolish, the lawyer...

What do I do to determine if a deceased relative had an attorney?

There is no magic answer to this. If he had an accountant doing his taxes, I would start there. If he owned a house you might be able to...

Would a daily diary or log by caretakers be part of an estate

The records you kept for yourself are yours if they were not done at the direction of the patient, her doctors or her attorney(s). If neither she...

Most likely Yes and yes. But we have come across three or four client deeds in the past year where, for some reason, the deeds create joint...

I am the executor of my mother’s will. Do I have to sell her house to pay her bills and beneficiaries?

The job of the Executor, one appointed by the court after the death of the testator, is to do what the Will instructs, what the law requires and...

My stepfather and mother died and they had land in NC can i put the deed in my name?

If the property was solely in your mother's name and there was a Will, it controls. If there was no Will, it would pass by the law of most states...