Can an attorney help me with obtaining property? I am a #2 executor and close friend and caregiver for the deceased.

It sounds like you don't have any standing in the matter right now.

Affidavit of death?

There was a similar question to this just last month. The line of credit won't go away. No matter who gets the house, the lender will want to be...

I think I am co-executor, Attorney told me today I am back-up. I have already acted out co-executor duties. What are my rights

Be careful. The short answer is that if you're a successor trustee behind another living trustee of a trust, you shouldn't exercise any duties of...

What is probate and as an executor what do I need to do about probate?

If there's already an estate attorney handling the probate, and if you're the executor, then the attorney will guide you through the process, and a...

Where there is is Will in probate for only one asset, a house, who pays the probate costs when no cash was provided in Will?

You said she was "granted" a life estate. Do you mean that the life estate was granted to her before the decedent died? If so, then the children...

Father in law passed away leaving over $500,000 to be distributed equally amongst the four children. However, per father inlaw

I would need to see the language of the trust to know whether there might be ways to get around that. Your husband is entitled to get a copy of...

Can the Trustee of an estate access a line of credit that was opened by previous owner?

I don't think any ordinary lender would permit it, and it would probably be unlawful generally. Similarly, a surving spouse couldn't use a...

Getting someone out of my house

I agree with the others and would add that, if the closing is two weeks away and the occupation of the home is disclosed and the buyer is not...

Besides sales of real estate property, is there a need for a Notice of Proposed Action or a Waiver of it for other items?

When it's not real property, sometimes the notice is still required and sometimes not. There's a long, non-exhaustive list of examples of when the...

It depends on many factors. For example, if you and all the siblings get along fine now, and if some significant expenses will be necessary to get...