What power does administrator have to divide our parents possessions?
Can he change his mind like that? Yes. Shouldn't we get all of them since they were our mothers? Probably all belongs to him under intestacy...
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Can he change his mind like that? Yes. Shouldn't we get all of them since they were our mothers? Probably all belongs to him under intestacy...
It is extremely unlikely that the attorney who drew up your parents' estate plan charged your parents for administration at some point in the...
I'm guessing that the portion for the disappeared sister has escheated to the state in which the estate was probated. Most states have websites...
Get the husband to revoke the power of attorney granted to his mother and to name you as his attorney in fact. The notary public's commission is...
Evict the bum! You should have authority to do so, based on the guardianship and financial power of attorney.
Either party to a joint account can remove all the funds. Sounds like that's what happened...
It will be up to the judge that decides the guardianship case. It will turn on what the jduge thinks is in the child's best interests...
Depends on what the DPOA actually says and for that, you need an elder law attorney to interpret it. Payment for services rendered is not a gift...
You can try but "incompetence, negligence and abuse" sort of describes much government bureaucratic action, so don't count on much happening...
Until someone is found to be mentally incompetent, generally the contracts into which they enter are held binding. You walk the tightrope here...