to add to the previous answers. Even if the care home lady is named in the will, she is a caregiver and any gift is presumed to be void or elder...

Are you a US citizen? If not, you may want to set up a trust outside the US and UK. (The UK has horrible taxes on trusts.) From the first meeting...

To add to Ms. James's answer, if the police were involved, it can take a long time to get a complete death certificate. But one with "TBD" (to be...

To add to Ms. James's answer. You will need to open a bank account in a bank that will handle checks that have to be signed by multiple people....

If both are on title, you are joint owners. He can sign his interest over to you. But, unless he dies, you can not just take his name off title.

In almost all cases, probate has to be done where the real property is located.

Make sure the physician knows that the wife has an Advance Health Care Directive AND that husband had a stroke and has short-term memory problems....

You need an estate planning attorney familiar with international. estate planning. There are many tax and estate tax treaties between the US and...

The car collision complicates things. 1. The reverse mortgage has to be paid within 1 year of dad dying or moving out of the house. 2. His...

The attorney prepared power of attorney prepared as part of an estate plan should revoke all previous powers of attorney. Unless the old power of...