Be advised, this answer is written in active voice directly advising of implications and addressing typical mental attitude of DIY trustees who...

Ms. Straus is correct. Your question using the term "executing/recording" indicates your working knowledge is not sufficient. A little more ...

Your questions asked 2 questions about, while related, are two different areas of law: 1) Trust Administration - following your mother's wishes in...

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the Personal Representative (PR) (previously known as executor) has a right to receive your Social Security Number...

I am sorry to hear you father did not properly plan his estate and for what he has done to you. What you write about, that your mother-in-law has...

Your question indicates you do not know what you are doing and how trusts work. I agree with Ms. Straus's answer. You need to focus on who is...

I do not know what you mean uncontested. Be that as it may, whoever is named (in a Last Will and Testament; or if deceased died intestate...

You raise a few questions you likely do not know you did. Interesting you are asking attorneys to answer a question giving you guidance to avoid...

The short answer is, just because your brother named your sister to receive his 401K after death does not control to whom his house, car and bank...

I agree with all the attorneys who answered this question. Here is my two cents, and it does not go to directly answering your question. I am...