I am slightly confused by all the different types of bequests

It sounds like you are attempting to write your own Will. Estate planning should not be approached as if it was a DIY project. You are not painting...

Shouldn't the equity go to my mother's estate?

You really need to discuss this in private with an experienced Florida elder law attorney. Your facts paint a dire picture, but a good elder law...

I am surprised that Medicaid would tell you that you didn't need to report the inheritance. Medicaid is a "means tested" program that is available...

Mother puts house up for sale and dies before it sells.

Your question should be "Who will be able to sign the deed to complete the sale?" If the house sells before your mother dies, but she is too ill to...

Is a home owner (land lord) allowed to come back into a house without warning when it is inhabited by someone else?

This is not an elder law question. I have changed the practice area to landlord-tenant to get it before attorneys who practice that kind of law.

Can I operate as power of attorney for my grandmother and also be listed on her checking account as beneficiary?

What do you mean by "beneficiary?" Is it a joint tenancy account or are you being listed as a "payable on death (POD)" beneficiary? Much would...

I am not licensed in Maine, so I don't know the particular rules in that state, but a probate attorney in Maine would. I suggest you schedule a...

My younger brother is executor of my fathers estate can he legally take a bank loan on my fathers house without my approval

The executor as a fiduciary has a duty to follow the instruction set forth in the Will, but none of us here at AVVO have seen that document. All we...

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Property doesn't just automatically pass to the people designated in a Will or even to a surviving spouse. Most, if not all, states have a...

If a person uses social security money to make mortgage

There are often two ways of accomplishing a goal ... the right way and the wrong way. While just giving the children the money to make the mortgage...