Normally there are taxes associated with buying/selling real estate (capital gains taxes to the seller, property taxes may go up, etc.), but a...

For many years I was an in-house attorney for major international corporations and, although I was an employee of the corporation, I also...

If your mother has lost her mental capacity, look at the Durable Power of Attorney to see who has the authority to handle your mother's trust now...

No, trusts are not automatically revoked. You must revoke them by signing a document and sending it to your ex-wife or her attorney. After that,...

Unless you have specific langauge stating that no purchase is necessary in order to win, such a promotion will be deemed a "lottery" (meaning...

If the person who passed away had a Health Care Directive, that document most likely states who has the legal right to decide final arrangements....

There isn't a set time because each trust administration is a bit different. All debts must be paid before assets are distributed. It takes some...

Proposition 19 was written, marketed by, and paid for entirely by the Association of Realtors for the sole purpose of creating business for...

Normally, pour over wills say, in essence, "if I left something out of my trust by mistake, I hereby leave it to my trust." Those wills normally...

You asked a great question, but a lawyer cannot assist you without reading both the trust and your real estate deed. The reason is the legal...