Who pays when a lawyer is needed for my elderly father?

This response depends upon three things being true: 1. Presumably, you have a properly prepared and established Illinois short form power of...

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HOW DO YOU CHANGE POWER OF ATTORNEY?

Read the power of attorney document. Some powers of attorney spell out how termination should proceed. Also, a termination of power of attorney...

When placing a property into a land trust, can you also have your yearly tax bill handled by the trust?

When a lawyer helps the client fund the trust, the lawyer makes a deed to transfer the real estate from the landowner to the trust. The lawyer...

My mother has Alzheimer's and is going into a nursing home on Medicaid. If she and we hate it can we take her back home?

Medicaid benefits do not make a person a ward of the state. A competent person can choose where to live. If your mother is incapacitated, the...

Can i file pro se for mediation on my incapacitated father's behalf as power of attorney?

If the POA incorporates the Indiana Power of Attorney Act, then the POA includes litigation authority. If your father is involved in litigation,...

If your mother had a POA for your grandmother, the POA may still be effective. A new POA does not necessarily revoke a previous POA. Contact a...

Is probate necassary if my mother dies and in will left all to me, and the home was quitclaim deeded to me?

You question implies that the home was her only asset. If that is true, then probating the will would not impact the home. However, if your mother...

If your mother quitclaimed the real estate to you and your wife before she died, federal law (12 U.S.C. § 1701j-3(d)(6)) provides that the bank...

My mother passed last month, i have her will that leaves everything to me, (only child) must i probate the will?

Indiana law leaves all assets to the children of an unmarried decedent if there is no will. If you have any deceased siblings, then your nieces or...

Does a will over ride the benficiary listed on a insurance policy? Florida. Will states ALL assets/insur. goes to someone else.

Tim Kalamaros has it right. I would add that if the life insurance was changed after the will was written, undue influence issues may be present....