Her estate will go to her heirs (closest family relations), even if they are not particularly interested in it, but you can step up and administer...

You are not likely to have an estate tax concern on a single piece of real property. The current estate tax exemption is over $11 Million, meaning...

If you aunt is not mentally competent to execute a valid power of attorney appointing you as her agent, you will have to be appointed by a court to...

When you are buying or selling property with a power of attorney, the power of attorney document needs to be recorded just like the deed.

You'll need to provide a great deal more information to get any reasonable answer, though I don't recommend you provide that here. You should...

Generally, they would be valid (assuming they were validly prepared and executed in California) but you should probably update them given your...

I'm very sorry for you loss and the very difficult circumstances. You are probably going to need the help of an attorney to navigate this. The...

The house has to go through probate and will have to be sold to pay the creditors before anything goes out to the heirs. Creditors will need to be...

As long as the trust owns the property, the terms of the trust dictate all beneficial interests. There is no need to record a life estate if one is...

If it truly is a will you need a copy of rather than a trust, you can obtain a copy of the will that has been filed with the court for probate,...