You need to contact an attorney to carefully review the springing POA. If it was written by an attorney, it sounds like dad wanted a...

1. Was the house in a trust or not? If not, it will have to be probated and NO ONE has the authority to issue a Notice to Quit until Letters are...

There is a contaminated property case where the trustee became a "Potentially Responsible Party." But that trustee worked to clean up the property...

To add to the other answers, a minor can hold $5000 in their own name. If more than that, it has to be held by a guardian, a Probate Code §3611...

For probate, the executor and attorney get a percentage of the estate handled. If charged by the hour, the total amount CANNOT exceed what the...

Even if no taxes are due, a final 1041 and 541 will need to be prepared and filed.

Legally, adoption is a "substitution of the blood." That is, the adopted children are no longer children of their birth parents, but are children...

Hire an attorney today. If mother is going to. lose everything if the case goes badly, spend the money for a good litigator.

Does your mother have capacity? If she does, you have no right to see her estate planning documents. Are you concerned that your sister is...

If. you are just a beneficiary, it will require you to notify everyone involved in the probate of the name change. If you are the executor or...