Estate had been in probate for 5 years. Can property be foreclosed on if you didn't know the money was owed? Can it be stopped?

The only way to understand your options is for the prejudiced beneficiaries to join together and engage an expert probate attorney (one who is...

You can seek to have him removed, but it is not automatic. It requires that you engage an expert probate attorney to review all the facts, and if...

I got a check yesterday pay in the estate of my mothers name from insurance settlement. What do I do with this?

This is one of those situations where the cost and aggravation of cashing or depositing the check may not be worthwhile. Assuming there is no open...

Cashing check made out to my grandmother who died 7 yrs ago it is from a suite for anthem ins

I think maybe Ms. Hoffman mis-read your question as I did first time: If I understand correctly, she died 7 years ago, but you have just received...

How long does a judge get to take on ruling on a motion. Situation is trying to remove someone from the executor of a will.

There is no rule about when a probate judge must rule. Each court is organized differently. In many cases the judge assigns things like this to a...

How long should a Special Needs Trust take to be funded? All assets have been sold including real estate. Nothing is left.

Yes, it should take this long for the Special Needs Trust to be funded. Most likely your son's father had a living trust. If it was a "fully...

Can I collect any money from my deceased mothers annuity that she was unaware of?

If your facts are correct, this should be investigated further. It sounds as though there may have been two things: A group term life insurance...

I recently had to probate my husband to get him some help with his mental issues. I was wondering am I his guardian?

When you say you "probated" your husband, I'm not sure what you mean. Did you merely report his behaviors to ODJFS, resulting in a temporary...

My brother died, has no will and no other family. He has $15k in bank and owes more on his mortgage than house is worth.

If your brother's estate is insolvent and your time is valuable, there is no requirement that you do anything at all with anything in his estate,...

Who has the rights of my son's ashes me or my daughter? She threaten me to call the police if I didn't open his ern for his ashs

Your daughter has no rights to her brother's ashes. She can huff and puff all she wishes, but the decision about what to do with the ashes is...

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