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...

If my brother died and can I as his sister clam the next of kin and his power of attorney ?

This is really a probate question. The power of attorney ended the moment brother died. You need to contact a probate attorney to help you do...

How can I have my name put on my deceased father home since I have been paying the mortgage and keeping the maintenance of it?

Start the probate process. You will share ownership with your brothers and sisters. You may ask for reimbursement for what you put into the house....

Want to know if step mother followed my father wishes she had now passed?

Find out how title to the property was held between dad and step-mother. Was it in the trust? If not how was title held. If joint tenancy or...