If your name had been on the deed your father would not have been able to sell the property without your signature. If, as it seems, your father...

If your great aunt made her will and trusts while she was living in New Jersey, chances are that they say the New Jersey law applies. Direct your...

I am traveling for a month, if something were to happen to me will my signed notorized letter serve as my living trust hold up.

A notarized letter won't work. You need a will.

Estate hearing - will courts allow input from me if I'm out of state and can't attend?

Many courts allow persons to appear by telephone - so you don't have to be there in person. Go to the court website and look under "telephone...

Our son was given 100,000 from my husbands Roth to finance a flip house and he kept the money. What can we do?

Have an attorney draw up a promissory note - promise to pay - so you will have something legal to fall back on in case he doesn't keep his word on...

Can a POA sell real estate property if not in the will?

You need to see a local estate planning/elder abuse attorney ASAP. You may also have to petition for conservatorship over your grandfather

How do I correct a violation of rights protected by the Constitution??

This happens all the time with banks and financial institutions. They insist of seeing the whole trust when only the certificate should be enough....

No - this is not standard protocol. Maybe the attorney is trying to get the statutory fees for being both attorney for the estate and executor -...

Obtaining copies of parents Trust , Wills and advance directives.

With any luck, the attorney filed a copy of your father's will at the county court where he lived. You might try contacting the state bar and see...

No. California law has a presumption of undue influence for gifts made to caretakers, so unless you have an attorney prepare a "certificate of...