Do I need to pay decedent’s income tax?

Generally, the estate answers for the debts of the decedent... check with your mother's tax preparer to see if any taxes were withheld at the time...

Is there a ethics violation if an estate attorney fails to notify you of property sales/transfers? What are my options?

You need to hire your own attorney to rattle the cage of the personal representative and his attorney. Generally, the attorney for the estate...

Let your fingers do the walking in the AVVO pages... Talk to a few elder law/estate planning attorneys in your state to get one that's sympatico...

So much depends on the factual circumstances that it would be sheer speculation to even describe an appropriate estate plan for your family, let...

Irrevocable Trust

Another attorney in answer to a different question noted that we are merely lawyers not psychics and without the document to review, it's pretty...

Parents have Genl Dur POA, says"I appoint x and y as alt agents when we die or are incomp"-no more words.Must x/y work together?

Attorneys or others who appoint joint fiduciaries (except in exceptional circumstances) should be subject to tar & feathers... what the heck does...

My kid's father passed away 11/2009. Can a grandfather take control with no will or without going to court.

If the one line sentence is a beneficiary designation in favor of granddad (which I'm afraid is what it sounds like) your children may have lost...

Agree with the other guys... you need probate counsel.

Rixon's the One! Get a local attorney to sort this one out!

The deceased person's estate. If any. Minus state specific allowances. Check with a FL atty.