Can I exclude my mother from inheriting my brother's estate due to childhood abuse and over a decade long estrangement?

Mother and father will inherit unless you can disqualify them under California Probate Code 259 or some other statute or case law. Probate Code 259...

My mother promised me her house and I agreed to let her live there till death but nothing is in writing. I live in Calif.

Your mother needs to have an estate planning attorney help her. A hollywood mogul said: Oral agreements are not worth the paper they are written...

Where can I find attorney or para legal to review a legal document, Probate final distribution.

You should retain an attorney who regularly appears in the Los Angeles (if appropriate) probate court. That person will know how to check probate...

Probate I have sold my mother's home, for gross $360,000.00 net $339,366.00 the escrow co has send a 1099-S to IRS.

1. Unless the estate is over 5 million or has hard to value assets, you will not have to file an estate tax return. 2. Income taxes may be due on...

If he is on a 5350 hold, a temporary conservatorship is not far behind with an LPS conservatorship to follow. However, if the meds he is being...

Gifting money annually to a certificate of deposit

It should count as a present interest since the child could pull the money out, albeit, with a penalty.

Must a deed of land, house and barn be included in a will?

You will need to have the deed reviewed by an attorney licensed in the state where the farm is. There are cases where the deed is found among the...

It is unclear whether you are in a LPS conservatorship or were in one. If you are in one, it has to be renewed every year. If you are in a LPS...

Can a person having a life estate on a house sell it?

1. The life estate can be sold. The translation is a life estate on another's life. Tenancy ends when the person who is the measuring life...

General POA and Will

In addition to the answers of the other attorneys, if there is any personal property in Alabama, you may want to have the will include an Alabama...