How do i go about seeing my dads will that has not been filed in probate court? His wife is not cooperating,he died 03/14/2012

If your father was a resident of Las Vegas then you should post this under Nevada, rather than California, so that Nevada attorneys will see it and...

Trust

Issue are children, grandchildren, etc. Although I think that you left a few words out of the quoted language, If it reads as I suspect, then...

Your client needs to see an attorney who can review the trust to determine what the trust says and then advise as to the next steps. The terms of...

Do I need a Trust Amendment?

Talk to the attorney who drafted your trust or have another attorney look at the trust. The trust may contain a way (a so called power of...

Is it possible to transfer real property under CPC 13150 et. seq. WITHOUT all the heirs joining in the petition to x-fer?

I agree with Attorney Pally. Section 13152(a) states that the petition has to be verified (signed under penalty of perjury) by each petitioner...

Should my father put my name on his checking account as his only living child.

Your father should title the account in the name of his revocable trust - actually title should be held by the trustee (presumably him) as trustee...

For federal estate tax purposes, when a decedent dies holding property in joint tenancy with someone other than his or her spouse, then the entire...

Can we gift more than $26,000 per year to each child without paying gift tax?

Attorneys Lively and Larson are both correct. I just want to add that if you make a gift of more than $13,000 each and use some of your $5,000,000...

My father passed away without a living trust/will. Do I have any inherent rights?

If the jointly house was titled in joint tenancy with right of survivorship with your father's partner, then it would have passed to her by...

As an executor of a living trust of my brother, am i liable for any lawsuits against the trust?

I am sorry for you loss. First, I want to clarify some terms. An executor is named in a will; a trustee is named in a trust. If the trust...