In probate, is the whole file open to the public, ie whoever may request to see it? Is it available online??

First, I’d like to clarify that a disabled beneficiary is not a exemption from Medi-Cal recovery. The exemption is if the deceased Medi-Cal...

The pour,over will can be signed anytime after the trust is created. It cannot, however, be signed before the trust is established

What can we do to get restitution of my mother's social security benefits?

Your statement about authority of an agent over SSA funds would be correct if the bank account is in fact a Representative Payee account, and the...

If the child was legally adopted, they are not in line for intestate succession of the birth parent. Mother should see a Probate/Trusts and Estates...

House is in Trust. Brother trying to prevent sale.

The sale and how it goes down is under the control of the trustee(s). But, with this type,of,opposition, the trustee must have an experienced...

What rights do I have as a live-in caregiver?

That daughter is about to get a lesson in the limits of greed. You probably would have not posed this question if treated fairly. In reality, you...

You’ve received some good answers here pointing out that there will not be an actual lien, since you are not recovering for medical services of...

Short the one least likely to complain a penny. Since you are at the end of this process, you undoubtedly already know who that is. Or at least,...

Will a personal injury settlement reduce my son's SSI?

As others have said, if funded into a properly drafted “special needs trust” the settlement would not be counted against his $2,000 asset limit....

If my husband was named as an heir of an estate, but just recently died, who does it get awarded to?

You say there was no will, but he was “named as a living heir” I’m not sure whether this is an intestate estste ( no will or trust disposing of...