Will Medicaid be able to take monies that are in the Family Trust?

I'm not clear from your question: Was the "Family Trust" set up by your father? Or was it set up by someone else for your father's benefit? If...

My parents bought the house I have lived in for 17yrs. House is in a trust. I'm beneficary,Parents lawyer is trustee.

Need more facts. If you are a current beneficiary of the trust, then the trustee should provide you with a copy of the trust instrument upon...

What action can I take legally to enforce the terms of trust?

I agree with James. The trustee has the duty to enforce the terms of the trust. Who is the trustee? Talk to the trustee about how to administer...

No. See below. (755 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 9-1) Sec. 9-1. Who may act as administrator. A person who has attained the age of...

From what I have observed in court, the Cook County judges generally will not allow a non-attorney to serve as administrator and also to represent...

Regarding POA’s in IL

Short of a forgery, a POA can't be given without the grantor's (in POA it's called principal) knowledge. The principal has to personally sign the...

My father passed away. We had a couple of safety deposit boxes in both are names is it legal for me to put just my name on them

Just because your you were a co-lessee of the safety deposit box does not mean that the property inside the box is yours. You would be well...

Trust and excluding a living heir

Based only upon your description, unless the specific items requested are: (a) in fact your own personal property, or (b) you have grounds to...

As a Settlor of a Trust, can I sue former trustee in my own capacity?

Nobody can really say without seeing the terms of the trust, but if the "former trustees" did in fact have fiduciary duties that they owed to you...

Hello! I have a letter stating my mother ( deceased) is the designated beneficiary of a death benefit from a pension fund.

Typically when a designated beneficiary predeceases, then that interest lapses and the interest falls to the secondary named beneficiary of the...