You need to talk to a probate attorney. Your father's estate plan and how title to the home is held are crucial. If the home is in Dad's name alone...

Your mother needs to retain an estate planning attorney and do a complete estate plan without the interference of the relatives. Part of the plan...

1. There are two ways to transfer real property of small value. At the value you give, you prepare the package and take it to the clerk in the...

When there is insufficient money to give the beneficiaries what the will specifies, there is a rule regarding which gifts are abated...

The insurance policy governs. If the policy had a survival period and the stepmother died before that time had passed, the payment would go to...

If your father had no will or trust, his widow gets all the community property and one-half of any separate property (Things he owned before...

Not really. She does not have t tell you what is in the trust. As long as she has capacity or, if she loses capacity and has a conservator, her...

You really need a probate litigator to help you. It sounds like the personal representative filed a Probate Code 850 petition to return the real...

The hosue was probably joint tenancy and because there was no divorce, it went to the surviving joint tenant. The separate property bank accounts...

This happens all the time. The decedent owes $X for 2022 taxes and pays the IRS based on the 2022 tax bill. The decedent dies in 2023, but because...