You answered your own question, "My father is deceased. His name is on the trust deed". No other person, regardless of how similar thier name, can...

Speaking generally here because you will need to speak with a California attorney for local state laws and regulations. Generally though, it is...

To summarize, it sounds like your mother created a trust and defined her beneficiaries, but your brother may not be happy about it. If that is...

As attorney Cohen stated, your best first step is to notify all parties of your intent or non-intent. My clarification here is that you make sure...

I recommend you contact an attorney. Most trust documents contain provisions for how a Trustee is appointed if all named trustees fail to serve. If...

They are correct, you need to open probate. The type of probate will depend on the amount in the account and whether there is a Trust as well....

The presence of a POA, notary, etc. is not relevant to your question. It seems to me that you are asking whether a person who lacks legal capacity...

Probably not. What steps your brother took or did not take to finalize the ownership of the guns, they were still given to him. Therefore, it is...

Open a Probate. This will open a window of time in which all creditor or lien holder must establish their claim. Following that, when the probate...

Having Alzheimer’s is not disqualifying for making legal decisions. Many people have Alzheimer’s but still have sufficient capacity to make their...