If everything was done properly, the TOD will bypass probate and therefore bypass creditors. However, the TOD deed law changed a couple time after...

My disabled child will be living with me through adulthood. Can I buy a home and van with part of his settlement?

Yes, subject to court approval. But if you are trying to understand your rights and his rights, you need to establish a relationship with an...

If the fiduciary was not notified and otherwise had no knowledge of the Medicaid Recovery debt, he will not, as a practical matter, be liable for...

The federal gift and estate tax exemption is now $11.2 million. As a practical matter, the Crummey notices no longer matter in most of the cases in...

How to stop a forcloser on an inherented home and file probate?

There would have been no foreclosure notice if the payments were current. If there was no Will, someone needs to apply to be appointed...

I signed a QCD on a LLC my husband is in, if we leaves his interest to me in his will does the QCD override the will ?

As my colleagues indicate, the quit claim deed was to convey your interest in real estate, not in the LLC itself. So now the LLC owns the real...

In life there are things you can do, and things you should do. You can do a codicil yourself (two disinterested witnesses, but notary not...

It sounds to me like you are trying to cobble together an estate plan with beneficiary designations in order to avoid paying a lawyer and a skilled...

It is also necessary to see the exact language of the beneficiary designation form to know how it will be interpreted by the carrier. It may go to...

What is the liability of a spouse of an executor, if the executor misused the funds?

You’ve not provided quite enough info to answer. You indicate your father was beneficiary. If the Estate was closed and he had received funds...