My family court mediator made condescending remarks towards me and allowed my ex to verbally abuse me. Complaint?

If you were represented by an attorney (and I hope you were), you need to talk to them about how you were treated by the mediator, and why the...

This is up to the mediator. Each person has their own bias on this issue of who should be at the mediation. However, in general, if one of the...

It would have been cleaner to have the attorney file a stipulation for substitution so that as he withdrew you would automatically have "appeared"....

Big detail from mediation left out of JOD

I'm not clear as to what your role is in this action. If you are the dad, you need your divorce attorney to quickly file a motion with the court to...

My sister is the executor of the will, my dad told the attorney that everything should be divided equally.

If she is the executor of the will she should have opened a probate estate and filed the requisite documents with the court, including a copy of...

Do I need a death certificate to access my deceased mothers safe deposit box? How long does it take to obtain one?

I am not sure what you mean by being the beneficiary of your mother's deposit box. If you are named on the account you would have access to it...

You refer to the account as being a "401(k) pension". I am assuming that you are talking about a 401(k) retirement plan that is funded by the...

Do I need to continue a conservatorship in court if my parent is deceased?

In short, a conservatorship will terminate upon the death of the ward. However, there is usually some final reporting that needs to be done with...

Need to cash a check written out to my father by my uncle's probate lawyer and given to me since he passed away 8 months ago.

It sounds like it's a consensus-- you need to contact a probate attorney to figure out what needs to be done. And quickly so the check doesn't go...

How to avoid fore-closer in a probate administration on a reverse mortgage?

Whether this is advisable or not depends on the big picture of the estate, ie, what other assets are there, who do they go to, ect. You need to...