In almost all states in the US, oral wills are not valid. In those states where they are valid, they are limited to estates of small value and the...

1. Estate planning documents of living people cannot be discovered. 2. When a person dies, the attorney-client privilege dies with them. However,...

1. A non-cupative (oral) will is invalid in most states. When allowed, it is limited to a case of imminent death and stuff of little value. e.g.,...

1. California case law gives financial institutions the right not to open accounts when an agent tries to open an account on behalf of the...

Ask your attorney how to tell the court what happened. Presumably, the beneficiary lived long enough to be entitled to the inheritance. Therefore,...

To add to Mr. Bozard's answer. If you are living in the home, you get to deduct a portion of the gain when you sell it. e.g. Mom dies, the house...

Some people file them, and some do not. If the successor trustee of the parents' trust is going to take some time to distribute the property. e.g.,...

You need an attorney to help you. 1. When a property is foreclosed upon, the money received in excess of the debt and the costs of the foreclosure...

If the minor is to receive more than $5000, and a trust or Uniform Transfer to Minors Act cannot be used, guardianship of the minor's estate is...

Take the documentation you have to a probate attorney. That attorney will have to review what you have, including any will or trust, and what the...