In a irrevocable trust if the grantor keeps some of the income of the income producing property.

It is common for a grantor to receive income from an irrevocable trust, as long as the grantor does not retain any "incidents of ownership,"...

When a deed to a property is in the name of a family trust, in a living trust, who pays property taxes during the litigation?

Usually an individual or entity is named on the deed as trustee of a trust, and if not, the deed will probably need to be amended before the...

What is the single best way to get trustee to account, inventory and assets in estate after the trustor has died ?

The single best way to get an accounting from a trustee is to have a lawyer send a letter, on his/her letterhead, requesting information and an...

What is the process of receiving my mothers Trust. I am in california and the trust; Texas

If your mother lived, and died, in Texas, and the trust is located there, chances are the trust says that Texas law is to apply. The first step is...

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Was the will prepared by the same attorney who says he has the unsigned draft trust documents? If so, why wouldn't the attorney just testify that...

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

It depends what the attorney means by A/B trust, and why she recommended it. In the past, when the estate tax exemption amount was around $625K,...

My sister resigned as trustee. Now I am the new trustee. Do I need to file anything to become the trustee?

You should first read the trust to see if it contains specific provisions regarding resigning trustees, and their successors. If so, you need to...

I agree that you need to have an attorney review your motions and the actions the executor has taken to date. It should not have taken the...

My mother died and her last legal will left my father as the sole executor of her estate. My father wants to give the jewelry to

Just being named executor of an estate does not mean that your father gets to determine who gets what. An executor just carries out the terms of...

How to get probate commissioner to investigate the handling of Case. can't afford attorney and legal aid doesn't handle probate.

It is unclear what your role is in this, and why the attorney was allowed to dismiss the executor. It sounds like the executor may be able to...