Can probate be filed without a lawyer

The fee structure in California is based on the provisions of the Probate Code and the value of the probate estate. If you are told that the fee...

Need to cash a check written to deceased father's business which is dissolved.

The most expeditious way would be to contact the maker an ask that it reissue the check to you. If that is not possible, then the question is was...

How do you get an asset into a probate if it shows up years later (stock certificate).

Look at the order on the final account of the original decedent. It is often common practice to include an "omnibus" clause that recites (in...

Is it possible to do an unassisted Kansas ancillary probate proceeding? If so, how do I get started?

Yes, you may appear "in pro per" in Kansas as the administrator of our aunt's Colorado estate. You will have to comply with whatever the Kansas...

PROBATE COURT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA

BUT . . . if you paid your lawyer any monies to cover his work on your behalf, you might have a claim for breach of contract. Also, I would...

Is this worth pursueing?

Don't know specifically what your can do after the lapse of time (you don't say how long "years later" is), but your might consider contacting the...

My grand-father was killed in a mining explosion...

Probably. It depends on what the terms of the trust are. DISCLAIMER: The response herein is not legal advice and does not create an...

My uncle has a savings account set up "in trust for me" which he funded about 10 yrs ago. He is now elderly and

He is right to be concerned. The typical account of this nature leaves the depositor in control of the account during his lifetime. The account...

You should retain some other lawyer to represent you as trustee. The lawyer works for you not for the trustor or the heirs. The drafting lawyer...

Can jointly owned propery (that was willed to children equally) be willed to others upon death?

Hard to tell based on your facts. You first say that the sister willed he property to her child (which I assume inclues the 1/2 interest in the...