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...

The position of plaintiff. needs to become the administrator of mother's estate. It may be possible to do a spousal property petition to assign...

You need to have an estate planning attorney prepare a complete estate plan for you. With minor children, you need a trust. In your will, you need...

I am an estate planning attorney, not a family law attorney. Father giving you a Power of attorney to make emergency medical decisions when he can...

As part of an estate plan for a couple, I prepare a document converting joint tenancy property to community property. That document should...