Who or what entity is authorized to decide how much to pay someone acting as an Executor?

If there is no probate, there is no need to file the Will and no need to appoint an Executor. Montgomery County's local rules include a fee...

A patient has 2 children, no Health Care Power of Attorney, as next of kin what child has the authority to make decisions? Ohio

Sadly, no one has "authority" if the patient has not designated someone in a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. Sometimes doctors and...

I understand it costs 5% to go through probate on an estate savings account. Why so expensive?

Our firm did a survey a few years ago and learned that the average probate administration cost, not including Executor fees, was just about 2.25%...

How can I find my trust fund from ninetine sixty?

If you don't know who the attorney was who handled the case, you can do a records search for all civil lawsuits for the two or three years after...

Are TOD accounts (brokerage acct , house deed & checking) still considered part of an estate AFTER the transfers are complete?

In Ohio, creditors can only reach assets in the probate estate. Even if there are assets in a probate estate, the Executor, attorney, funeral home...

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Power of Attorney for Alzheimer partner. Have a will together.

I don't see a question here. If what you want to know is whether or not you should have a "Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care" so you may...

I was trying to get a home equity loan, my house is paid for.my husband passed away and the bank said the title is in both our n

It is possible for a deed to be "joint" but not "joint with rights of survivorship." There is an old form of deed no longer used in Ohio called...

House has been sold in Jan 2014 but probate hasn't been closed yet, can this be a problem? We filed everything ourselves.

If this was a small estate you could handle yourself, you wouldn't be posting a question like this. I'm a bit confused by your question. You...

Mother passed away may 7th and four years ago she signed for a loan for us a tractor. We made the payments faithfully .

One thing that expert probate attorneys do to help their clients is seek to "compromise" debts in sticky situations like yours. Her estate is...

In a joint beneficiary situation - What happens when the beneficiary dies a few days after the person who left them the assets

It depends completely on (a) how the beneficiary designations were worded and (b) the language of the annuity contracts regarding beneficiaries and...