I was adopted when I was young. I am a beneficiary on my biological grandfathers will. Can I still be awarded that money?

If I understand you correctly, then your rights were cut off by adoption. Read this: IC 29-1-2-8 Adopted children; inheritance Sec. 8....

What, if anything, can we do to settle or dispute a default judgement?

To overturn a judgment you usually need a good reason and lack of proper service is one that pops up from time to time. In this case you were...

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If a deceased person has vacation pay and sick pay coming to them at time of death, is this pay part of the estate?

It it's payable to the deceased alone, then it is the estate's property.

Depends on church structure. Hierarchical churches already have clear procedures and remiss clerics are removed from above. Incorporated churches...

I was supposed to get my grandfathers house in a trust upon his death. 10 days prior to his death his niece, the trustee, had hi

How were you. "Forced?" to sign something? What is the question? If you weren't planning on paying your lawyer why did you hire her? It is not...

I'm disabled, I have ssi. I own a house I have NO mortgage. I want to buy out the 1/2 owner. I need a program or lender...

You need to talk to a loan officer about this not a lawyer. However, beware of stretching yourself too thin. Interest adds up over time.

We have legal guardianship on our adult son due to an accident that left him with a brain injury. Do we have rights to baby?

You didn't say where they reside but typically you are not a guardian of anyone unless a court says so. So no you would not have rights to the...

How do we find out our grandfather wishes what his will , or trust were probated no information in courts in St Louis .Mo

If you have called the courts in the county where he resided when he died and there was no estate and no will filed, then under the other facts you...

REPEAT QUESTION (please ignore previous Q.): Has Indiana's inheritance tax been completely repealed or will that occur in 2022?

If a person died before the first minute and second of 2013, then the Indiana inheritance tax might have still applied. Just as the Indiana...

Has Indiana's inheritance tax been completely repealed or will that occur beginning in 2022?

It is repealed for all persons dying after 2012. If someone died in 2012 the tax may still apply. The second thing you cited may relate to the...