Agree with Bruce, if house was joint - its hers. If the 10 acres remained in your dad's name and there is no will. Spouse would be entitle to 1/2...

How should one put a beneficiary on a trust?

Sounds like the trust prepared was your parents' trust not your trust. Only your parents could be the one to ask for amendment if they wanted you...

My friend had a Legal Aid attorney help her make out her Last Will while in the hospital.

Were you the named executor under the will? If not, you would not be the one to call. You don't have to use the attorney that prepared the will...

Can I claim my mother's retirement accounts?

not enough information. Unless your mother died from an act from him, he would be a spouse and often spouses are entitled to certain assets, you...

If the house was joint with you - it goes to you by rights of survivorship. If there is still another house or assets in his name alone, it...

On a practical note, if you hope to avoid probate or want to be reasonable, I would say 30 days unless you feel assets are being improperly...

Selected as the best answer

Who is entitled for the apartment ?

Ask your landlord. Who was claiming the renter's deduction on the income tax return? Who paid the security deposit? If rents were paid through...

You didn't mentioned if there was a will or not. Without a will, one of you would be appointed as the representative. Often its a race to the...

When do you use a consent to appointment of personal representative ?

This is difficult to answer without reading the form. If the consent to the appointment of one or both siblings as informal or unsupervised and/or...

As long as he can truly understand what is going on and is oriented to time, place and person, he could do a will. However, gesturing to I want...