Do I need a new living trust?

Minor changes including a change of successor trustee can be accomplished by an amendment to your trust. There is no need for a new trust.

Amendment to a living Trust

You are to be commended for working towards keeping your trust up to date. Estate planning lawyers like to say that estate planning is a process...

You are to be commended for ensuring that your revocable trust is properly funded. It is important to have an executor named in your pour over...

Guardianship/probate court

Based on your comments to Attorney Greenwood’s post, the children do not reside with you but reside with their aunt. The children’s aunt has some...

Is alcoholism a disqualifying factor in the distribution of estate proceeds from a living trust?

I agree with Attorneys Zelinger and Scott. It depends on the terms of the trust itself. It is possible that the trust contains terms that permit...

I am sorry for your loss. I agree with Attorney Symons If there is a trust, the trustee must, within 60 days after the death of the trustor/trustee...

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How can my Mother force our 26 year old sister into a LPS Conservatorship?

What a sad situation for you and your family. As you are probably aware, a LPS Conservatorship is for an individual who are gravely disabled and...

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Siblings of a parent who is not even deceased are demanding (through a lawyer) an account of that parents money.

I agree with Attorneys Corrigan and Davis. It does sound as though the siblings have concerns that perhaps Dad is being unduly influenced by the...

I am assuming that your parents have a revocable living trust. Is that correct? If so, but depending on the terms of the trust, the surviving...

Can it be written in the will that if someone protests the will they will forfeit any inheritence? Will it be upheld in court?

It must be disheartening for your father to witness family members arguing over whether to sell or not sell his property after his death. He is...