Small WA State nfp, teaching music. Opportunity to present some classes in Detroit. Can we work out of state?

Assuming you are a Washington nonprofit corporation, you will need to register with Michigan as a foreign nonprofit in order to legally operate...

As a beneficiary, do I have to report money to IRS received from a living trust in California? If so, do I have to pay taxes?

This can't be answered without one essential piece of information. Is this a revocable living trust? Were you also the grantor of the trust...

If you are the beneficiary of an insurance policy, do you have to use that funds to pay for funeral expenses?

I agree with Messrs. Barbour and Beck that this is a fact specific inquiry. Generally, if the bank account was owned by you and the decedent as...

When determining estate gross value do you include joint bank account if account is under surviving owners social security numb

If a bank account is owned as JTWROS part or all of the date of death balance will be included in the gross estate for federal estate tax purposes...

Living trust vs pour over will

Any assets titled in the name of the revocable living trust should pass as intended by your stepfather to your two children. If there are any...

Did the recording of the properties intended for trust have legal effect?

I agree with Mr. Longyear that more information ... and some clarification, is needed. For example, why are you asking the question. Here's what I...

Does my father need a Will in Washington state?

What your father needs is an estate plan. He needs to understand how he can control the disposition of his assets at death. He also needs to...

As long as the will was valid in Oregon when you executed it, it will be admitted in probate if you die a resident of WA. Your powers of...

In probate may I use the sell of a house to settle creditor?

First you will need to become authorized to act for the estate. If your father left no will that shouldn't be a problem if you are the sole heir...

Upon the death of a Grantor under a Living Trust, how does one get a copy of the Trust Agreement ?

Here in WA a successor trustee of a previously revocable trust is required to provide written notice to each now vested beneficiary of their status...