Can a Probate of a deceased person be contested and what is the statute of limitation

An experienced probate attorney can also help you explore whether you can claim equitable adoption by estoppel. This involves a failed or...

How can I trace a legal document that my mom had drawn from court in 1990 poa over my mentally retarded sister?

Your facts are a little unclear, but it sounds like your mother may have obtained a guardianship over your sister. If you are looking for the...

What would happen if a deceased persons debts exceed their assets?

There may be protection if the deceased person has a surviving spouse or lived with unmarried children.

How do I have a name removed from a deed that should not be there?

A real estate attorney will need to review the documents and do some title research in order to see what is really going on here.

An estate typically includes everything the decedent owned at his or her death (excluding anything that transferred automatically to someone else...

Do we need an estate attorney?

Sometimes hiring an attorney to write a letter is enough to make someone cooperate.

If a family member had p.o.a over anther family member can the rest of the family get money from him since he sold there house

If a power of attorney abuses their power, they can be charged criminally and sued. If the family member who owned the house is still alive, either...

There is no legal requirement to probate an estate, but it often is necessary to access a bank account. As the previous poster mentioned, if there...

My son died recently and I had a lot of things in his garage and house, can his wife keep my things?

It all comes down to whether you can prove the items are yours. Sometimes having an attorney write a letter demanding the items can be more...

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My parents land is in stepfathers parents name.They were supposed to inherit it.Now they won't put it in their name.When they

Intestacy refers to someone dying without a Will or Trust. If someone dies without estate planning documents, the law decides how the property is...