Two married folks have created a family Trust. After one party has died can the other now change what the deceased had desired?

In California a trust is revocable unless it is expressly made irrevocable. Normally a married couple provides for the division of the trust into...

Can a Trust document grant a person the Trustee authority or does a Judge have to okay it.

A valid trust document usually appoints and authorizes the Trustee, who holds title to the trust property and can deal with it according to the...

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I assume you meant to say the trust was "revocable." If it was expressly "irrevocable" then clearly the 4th amendment would not be valid without...

No, not as beneficiaries of the Trust. See Probate Code Sect. 15804(a)(2). Notification must also be given to your mother's "heirs," that is,...

How is a power of attorney removed from michigan changed to someone else in califorina where this perosn now lives?

I concur in the two answers given. But your mother should write out, date, and sign her intentions to amend the Trust and nominate new successor...

Is a specific gift beneficiary entitled to a complete copy of a trust?

Apparently the Trust is subject to California law. You must give Notification to the beneficiaries of the Trust and the heirs of the decedent if...

What is the difference between a Deed of Trust and the last recorded deed on a home?

The last recoreded deed to a property shows who owns the property, who is the only person or persons who can convey the property to the Trust. You...

Mom passed in April of this year, house in Living Trust, house is sold-Taxes?

Just some clarifications of the previous answers: There is no estate tax because the person died in 2010. There is no inheritance tax in...

Can a Trustee put house for sale at whatever price they want to and not the current market price

In addition to the previous two answers, Trust instruments frequently allow for removal of a Trustee by the vote of the beneficiaries. Review the...

I concur with the answers given. But I would add that in today's market it may be difficult to get a fair price for the property, or any price, so...