Depending on the nature of the payment, you may be able to discuss using a small estate affidavit or some other way to get the payment made. ...

How to remove biological family from my will and trust?

You should probably specifically disinherit your biological family to make sure they can't take from your estate. Also if your state, like...

If our house is put into a living trust with the wife's children inheriting--can the husband after the wife's death change it?

Generally the trust will control whether the husband can change it after death. Typically, trusts become irrevocable after the person who created...

My friend named me as his sole beneficiary, he had over 100,000.00 in the bank do i need to open probate? no POD/TOD on account

In most cases, if there is no beneficiary on the account or POD, you would need to at least file some document to allow the property to be...

Will Language

If you are referring to the word "trusts" in your question, it generally means any trust or trusts created in the will. The other language you...

Trust Language

That language refers to people who are named as receiving something under the will.

If executor (a beneficiary) had a joint acct with deceased is money his so he can compromise Will w/o benficiaries aggreement?

Generally, the joint tenancy trumps the will, so it becomes the surviving joint tenant's property on the decedent's death.

Do I need an attorney to represent me?

It's probably a good idea to find out what rights you have under the terms of your Mom's estate plan.