The person responsible to pay the mortgage is the person on the loan (your father). The owner of the house is the person on title. This can be...

Can a surviving spouse with a Revocable Living Trust "A-B" amend the trust to add a new spouse to receive previous assets?

Without reading the trust it is impossible to give a definitive answer, but the most common A-B trust provisions makes the decedent's 1/2 portion...

My sons father left him his property. My son lived in Florida. Does probate need to be here in CA or in FL?

They are both right. A probate is filed in the state where the decedent lived at the time of death and/or where the decedent owned real property. ...

I'm confused what type of Revocable Trust that I should create in 2015.

Unless you expect to have more than 10 million dollars in the near future you don't need a A-B. A simple trust passing all property to the...

Small estate affidavit.

If there is no living named insurance beneficiary then an Small Estate Affidavit is used if the amount is $150,000 or less.

Only an original will is lodged with the court. Probate code 8223 addresses the issue of proof of a lost will. I have authenticated a copy with a...

If a small percentage of money from a foreign deceased's US bank account leaves the US, is it necessary to file a tax return?

Money received as an inheritance is not reported as income on an individual's tax return. Whether money leaves the US or not has no bearing on...

How to property use the name of a trust?

It is the same Trust and any argument that it is not the same trust will eventually be defeated, but that does not stop banks, escrow officers,...

How to transfer separate property real estate to surviving spouse?

Property passing to a spouse is treated in a more simplified procedure. When all of the decedent's property is going to a spouse, either because...

Living Trust, Can the Trustee authorize changes in trust administration

Depends on what the trust says. Alternatively, if the trustee and all of the beneficiaries have no objection then there is no one to complain.