How can we adopt our nephew?

If you obtain guardianship of a child you take both the responsibility of raising the child, and the benefits that would flow to the natural parent...

What do I need to do about being named a guarantor for my deceased stepfathers bills when I was only listed as point of contact?

If you truly have never signed anything with your step-father's creditors, a simple letter to whomever contacts you should be enough. If the VA is...

Which state needs to notarize a general power of attorney if agent lives in different state?

The power of attorney should be valid in your 'home state' be that AZ, NJ or wherever, and it needs to be notarized wherever you are when you sign...

Mom in nursing home.

That depends on what paperwork you signed and how you signed it. If YOU signed contracts "for her" rather than as her agent under a power of...

Who do i pay rent to? landlord or trust?

I agree you need to be careful, however, if the letter suggested payment should be made to a BANKRUPTCY trustee that would be common and not...

When estate has been closed do I still have to pay collectors?

There is usually a statute of limitations when an estate is Probated (an advantage of probate that many 'one trick ponies' ignore) which would make...

My father died without a will in Texas. The house was paid for and in his name only. The woman is was married to in now dead.

This depends on the order of the deaths and whether or not his wife had a will -- did your father die before his wife or after? A surviving spouse...

Only your parents have the right to sell their house, and if they have both passed, then a court (in this case a Probate court) needs to give...

In Michigan, when dose guardianship end, when the person is out of high school or when they turn 18?

If there are court orders in a domestic case the court has authority to require support past the age of majority until age 19 1/2 if the child is...

How do you set up an estate account? Who sets it up? Do you have to have one?

I'm sorry to hear of your loss -- I appreciate this can be difficult, but the phrase 'one step at a time' best explains how to do this without...