The first question is whether your husband desires to add you to title. Since you live in a community property state, but gifts are considered...

Are you talking about when doing your personal estate planning? Or are you talking about a trust administration after someone has died, or a...

How is the cost basis calculated if my wife buys out her brother's 50% share on inherited property, but then decides to sell?

The inherited portion is $300k (her 1/2 of the $600k) and her purchase price becomes the basis for the second half (in your example is also $300k),...

I purchased a home w/ a sibling that our parents live in. Getting married soon& wondering how to protect home. Quitclaim? Trust?

This question might require a consultation rather than a simple answer on the forums. How did you take title? Do you already have a trust? Are...

Mom died 9/17 trustee gave us equal amounts $600k so far taxes paid. she will not release the last $450K how can i force her

Keeping a reserve is a fairly common practice. The size of the reserve may be excessive, but the trustee may be worried about things like property...

Do they allow you to name beneficiaries of the account such that it would pay directly to those beneficiaries at your death? This could possibly...

If you put a asset, ie house, into a LLC from a family trust can you lose a exemption you received when you inherited the house

Agree with the others - lots of moving parts here and not enough information. Firstly, not sure how the kids inherited with the...

Generally, guardians are designated in a Will. You also may want to consider creating a living trust to leave your assets to your child at your...

The owner of the property should generally sign the leasing deed (trustee of the trust) unless the owner has authorized an agent to do so on its...

How do I remove a partner from a business?

It depends on a lot of things: what type of entity, is there an operating agreement, if there is then what does it say, are there tax implications...