How long can a home, owned by someone who died, stay in a trust before changing names or selling?

As far as your question about how long it can remain in trust, the answer is "pretty long" but depends on the trust provisions. Presumably your...

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What lawyer specialization should I work with in order to ensure my assets (such as a home) gets inherited by my children?

That is the exact province of estate planning attorneys. There are a lot of experienced and good attorneys on Avvo. Use the "find a lawyer" link...

Trustee & Co-Trustee

Probably, but this is dependent on who the trustmaker's of the trust are; if you and your spouse are the individuals who set up the trust, then...

Hello Can are Mothers sister /aunt get more right thin the CHILDERN when it comes to Convertorship?

There appear to be several issues here, and not enough, or unclear, facts to address them. I think you are best off starting with having Adult...

Do I need to open a new probate case to sell house I owned with my deceased husband as community property?

If the house was titled as community property with right of survivorship, or as joint tenants, then you do not need to put the house through...

Am I responsible for my deceased fathers debt?

You need to re-post this question for Florida lawyers (this showed up in CA). Florida is a "recourse" state meaning the mortgage holder can not...

Before Dad passed away he had transferred the house deed + 30-40K to from his personal savings acct. to the executor - my

There is definitely more information needed to answer this. Is the 30-40K held in a joint tenancy account with your sister? If so, you are not...

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My dad only had a will. My sister says the life insurance is hers because her name was the only one on it. Also the house had

It might be. If she is the only designated beneficiary of the life insurance, it's all hers. As to the house, it depends on how the house is...

Conflict between probate court order and pay-on-death designation?

This is really unusual. The institution holding the IRA funds cannot pay it to anyone but you (and that was a huge mistake on their part for no...

Opening up a unsupervised probate

Also, you mention the existence of a trust. Assets held in trust do NOT go through probate - this is one of the major reasons people get trusts. ...