I'm guessing that was a typo in the headline where you said you were married to your mother. Nevertheless... In most modern jurisdictions, an...

Situations like this cannot be judged from a few lines in an e-mail, but it is very difficult when family members disagree on how a parent or other...

So we have to get back to what I trust exactly is. It would seem that the document your father signed provides that his wife will receive assets...

My thought would be to go to probate court with a full rendition of all the facts stretching back over the last 45 years to establish what exactly...

Trusts can arise by writing, by the action of the parties, and by a concatenation of other events and documents that are not specified. What I'm...

Trust are extremely flexible and may provide varying levels of ownership or rights to various beneficiaries. For example, if a trust provides that...

Probate judges generally have plenary authority over all issues arising from trusts or from otherwise probable estates. The judicial power of the...

Typically, in my experience, the distribution is made as soon as the final accounting is completed because the final accounting provides for the...

Typically, in my experience, the distribution is made as soon as the final accounting is completed because the final accounting provides for the...

It's not clear why your mom, the living spouse, cannot have a house in her name because of her own Social Security disability. Social Security...