How do I word a letter to debt collectors about my sister’s debts. She died in April in California.

You can ignore them. They have 1 year to file a lawsuit. If you write a letter to them, I would say something like: To date, we have not found...

My grandmother passed away 2011 and Left the beneficiary how do I go about finding out how to get her policy thank you

You may be able to find the policy through a good life insurance agent. Were you adopted or was an adoption considered but not done for a legal...

The plaintiff in an Unlawful Detainer action sold the property. Can the case be dismissed?

1. Most courts set a date by which the UD action has to be completed or ti will be dismissed by the court. It may already be dismissed. 2. You...

Does a filed joinder allow me to receive pension funds ( held in abeyance since my spouse retired) now that he died?

Contact a local probate attorney. Did your late husband have an estate plan? You may be able to use a Spousal Property Petition to obtain the fund.

How do I get my mom out of the conservative ship of the state and the probate back in our name?

If mother is in a conservatorship and the public guardian is the conservator, they will often relinquish the conservatorship to a relative....

What is better?

I would put the assets in the trust. If the bank insists on TOD, it is time to consider a different bank. I prefer smaller local banks and credit...

My father recently passed away and he has a reverse mortgage my niece is still living in the house who edicts her.

You can give you niece a 30 or 60 day notice as soon as you have Letters Executory. That is probate has been opened, the order has been signed, and...

Affidavit of death can it be filed if person is alive to sale property?

Mom needs an attorney now. The Affidavit of death of joint tenant requires a certified copy of a death certificate. The POA gives sister the...

My sister was appointed administrator of my late father’s estate and immediately found a cash buyer for his house. What can I do

With only limited IAEA authority, the sale has to be court approved. All of your father's money has to be put in an account in titled "estate of...

The spendthrift clause protects the trust from the beneficiary's creditors. HOWEVER, in California the beneficiary's creditors can require the...