I'm not sure why you would have conversation with the step kids over this. It seems to me to be something that should be resolved after your mom...

Unfortunately, it is likely that you will need to probate an estate in Florida where the mother resided, as well as ancillary probate in New York....

If someone is foolish enough to pay the bills for a deceased person without making sure that they will be reimbursed for paying those bills. There...

It is hard to believe that a functioning adult in the United States of America would not know that using the credit card or debit card of a...

If your step dad was on the title to the property, it is hard to know how his brother could have sold it without his consent and signature. Also...

In most states, unknown creditors have four months to attack the estate to be paid. It is likely that the title company is waiting for the four...

At this point, you cannot stop a civil lawsuit against you for breach of contract in real property. Your allegation is that it was a gift and now...

It sounds as if the mortgage company is requiring you to obtain a current order from the probate court, current letters of authority that would...

The effect of not saying per capita is only that if a child is deceased, then the property that would have presumptively gone to the deceased child...

It is not at all unusual for families to put off probating the estate of a loved one, sometimes to a surprising degree. In this case, since the...