I don't practice in California so there may be some CA quirk but if not, anything listed in a Will is a probate asset and needs to be accounted for...

You have a few questions in there so let me try to parse this out. If your mother is selling the house and the house is titled to the Trust, she...

Your best bet is to contact a probate attorney in your area. As you stated you have no experience with the probate process and will need...

You do not need a Will to file a probate. You, as his spouse, are an interested party and should be able to open the probate. It is a complicated...

The Medicaid claim very likely needs to be paid so you may have to consider taking a loan against the house or selling a portion of the adjacent...

There are several issues that will affect whether a probate is necessary. Contact a probate attorney in Hillsboro who can help review the Will and...

Contact a probate attorney in your area immediately. If you are correct that a probate was filed while the person is still living in order to take...

If a probate was opened using the Will, it is public record. Contact the county where the probate is filed which will be either where she lived,...

Your question is an oversimplification of the issues so please let me try to clarify. A trust is a tool to help avoid probate but it requires that...

The bank POA is very limited and only grants authority for those specific accounts. A POA such as an attorney would draft would grant much broader...