Should I pay rent on my moms home going through probate.

I disagree with Mr. Lively. You are a "beneficial owner" of the house under California law, even though the estate owns "legal title". An owner...

Money given to me

You might be right, but you also might spend most of the money on lawyers trying to prove it. Why don't you offer your brothers part of the money...

If parents and one child jointly have an IL bank acct, and one parent dies what are the rights of the survivors?

As a general rule, joint accounts do not pass through probate, so they are not subject to the terms contained in the will. And as a general rule,...

The answers to your questions depend, in part, on what state the probate is in (if it's in Illinois, then Illinois laws would apply). But if you...

Spouse is named in will

If the person who died was not your blood relative and you were not named in the will, then you are not entitled to any portion of the person's...

Custodain Savings Acct.

Your son may need to file a petition in the probate court requesting an accounting of the money that was spent and also compelling his father to...

Is there anything I can do??????

You say that your mother left a "living will". Do you mean a "living trust" (a "living will" is a health care directive, which has nothing to do...

If you ask a lawyer for advice does that lawyer have to write a letter to the trust

Your question isn't very clear. You can't write a letter to "the trust". You can write a letter to the person in charge of the trust (the...

How to treaty inidvidually owned property (husband or wife) in living trust?

If you own certain property as your own "separate property" and your spouse owns property as his/her own "separate property" and together you own...

Would I have to go through probate for a car that was paid by me but still in my father's name?

I only partly agree with Mr. Tigerman - I agree that you should find any papers you can that prove the car was yours. The DMV form you need to...