Is it elderly abuse, when some lies to get money from grandparents!

You are NOT helpless! Every state (I think) has laws that protect the elderly from financial exploitation such as you describe... Call Adult...

As the executor of the estate of my mother, can I hire an attorney to take over the responsibility?

Q: Her home is deeded in both of our names, in joint tenacy with right of survivorship.Doesn't this mean that when she dies, her home and all it's...

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Probate?- deceased mother specified that the one sibling can stay in house but divide 3 ways when sold.

This should have been handled through a trust, whether living or testamentary, but if you 3 can agree to let brother stay in the house, more power...

1) In NY State, can an estate's executor waive his/her fee? A) Yes. 2) What makes a conflict of interest; what can be done about one? A) Seek to...

Do all benificiaries have to have paperwork submitted before funds can be placed in new account?

As a practical matter, banks, brokers, lawyers, personal representatives, big kids, little kids, kids who climb on rocks and any other folks...

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Is it worth my time and money to contest the recently filed IRA beneficiary list? It was not part of a trust.

Agree with John but would add that proving that an individual was NEVER competent during an extended period of time is an extremely difficult...

I'm not sure why records of a revocable trust would be filed in any court...

Does a mother-in-law have to give warning when revoking a trust?

Oh what a tangled web! Q:The mother-in-law cuts her son from the trust (ie stops wife from spending) and she pays for her son's care. A: So...

My mother passed and never wrote a will. What can be done about her assets?

Q:What happens to the house and her assets in the bank? A: Assuming that there are no co-owners, they go through probate. Q: And also what...

Talk to a local estate planning/trusts attorney and see if the argument that the property has been held in trust for your father will...