What is the difference between custody and guardianship in VA?

This is the same in California where I practice. Custody and legal guardianship are different. I recently had a case where the mother who had...

What happens if a beneficiary dies before the willmaker?

Since your mother-in-law no longer has capacity to amend her will, the provisions of her last will are controlling. It is not clear in your...

How can we protect ourselves from any unauthorized changes of a living trust?

One of the reasons to have a living trust prepared by an attorney, is that the attorney will know you, have notes in his or her file as to your...

Dad bought house in Riverside, CA. Wants to add me & wife to title as Joint Tenants for estate planning purposes. What effect?

A living trust is a much better way to pass on property to loved ones, because it is a true estate plan. Joint tenancy with right of survivorship...

My step mother is the executor of my father's estate.

A good starting point would be to look at the will to see if it states any provision concerning who pays the administration expenses. Were you...

My mom wants my daughter to be added to her will,does the entire will need to be redone or just a revision?

There are two ways to accomplish a revision to the will; one way is to execute a new will which revokes the prior will, and the other is to execute...

A few assets not in trust

If those bank accounts total less than $100,000, then you will not need to open a probate to settle those accounts. California has a small...

My father told me he made a new will in 202 the exector rea when fromm 1999 and said there was no other will how do i find out

You should conduct as much as an investigation on your own as you can. Begin by contacting your father's attorney and request a copy of all wills...

When having a senior declared incompetent in tennessee, do the letters from the doctors expire after 30 days?

I am not sure whether there is any Tennessee statutory law that sets a time limit on such a letter. The general rule would be that there is no...

Both deeds will fund the trust, but a Warranty Deed will make the chain of title stronger, which may be helpful in a later sale. The grantee of...

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