Small estate affidavit. You need to wait 40 days after the date of death and have a certified copy of the death certificate. The bank may have...

Am I still eligible for form I-130 petition when I was married in September, 2017 and divorced in August 2018?

This is an immigration question and I have changed the practice area. Find an immigration attorney to help you.

Taking property out of deceased mother's estate.

Trusts are seldom dissolved, they are just emptied of assets. You need to talk to an attorney who knows about trust administration. Step one is...

The trust is seldom closed. The trust is just emptied of all assets. However, the assets in the trust should be moved out of the trust as...

Medical POA and/or Adv Care Directive?

Advance Health Care Directive is the current title for the document. California's is based on the Uniform Advance Health Care Directive Act. That...

My sister is asking for another executor fee for the second year of the trust. She received 1 % of the total trust assets alread

If you are both co-executors/trustees and the only heirs, why are either of you taking a fee? You have just converted non taxable inheritance into...

The friend should take his documents to another attorney. That attorney will review the truss and prepare a certificate of independent review.

As a beneficiary, do I have to give my SSN?

If you are going to get a K-1, the attorney or the executor will require a W-9 with your SSN on it. Some estates have no income to distribute,...

I am not sure what you are asking, but I will try to provide an answer. The successor trustee has the duty to administer the trust, give notices,...

Anyone know of a blind attorney who practiced in Whittier California in 1989?

I remember seeing a blind attorney at the probate courtroom in Norwalk, but I never knew his name.I remember a younger woman (his daughter?)...