How can I stop an eviction? My lease is up next month.

Evictions based on non-payment of rent is tough. You either have to prove that you have paid the past rent or come up with the past due if owed. ...

Regarding trusts: If the decedent distributed all assets to a trust, how can a creditor make a claim for an unpaid debt?

If the decedent transferred assets to a revocable trust, the revocable trust does not provide any creditor protections. However, the revocable...

I would like to make use of the Uniform Trust Code's requirement to provide an accounting and its option for a living grantor

Proposed law in the legislature can take many twists and turns. You need to review your state laws and case law about accountings with a good trust...

The purpose of our irrevocable trust as I understood it when I signed as grantor almost 18 years ago was to make it possible

Like answers to a lot of good legal questions, maybe. If you have evidence that the trustee is breaching his or her fiduciary duties, you need to...

My father passed away before his father. Will named each brothers name then per strips.

It depends on who your grandfather's Will stated would inherit your father's share. If no one is stated and the gift to your father did not lapse,...

My question is do you know how much you are receiving? Were you provide an inventory of assets? Are you expecting to sign a waiver before knowing...

Eventually I will go into a nursing home. How can I keep my CD s for my daughters ? have a revocablemliving trust.

If you are going into a nursing home under your state's Medicaid program, you will need to report the CDs to the state as part of your application....

I was forced to sign a trust document as a minor. I am a single mother and student, also an LIP. Rights have been violated.

Minors are considered incompetent to sign contracts under 18. If you were under 18 and signed in your individual capacity, you were not adequately...

If you sign the waiver, you will not be given notice of your sister's petition for non-intervention powers over your father's estate. Otherwise,...

You are unable to just pay yourself from your mother's estate as the executor. As a creditor and executor of your mother's estate, Washington's...