What can an advocate legally do when the court appointed conservator fails to provide something essential like eyeglasses?

Call adult protective services.

If you have a trust would there be any reason to have changes for it with the new Obama administration?

That doesn't make any sense. Have a lawyer review the trust if you are worried, but always be very wary of anyone who isn't a lawyer giving you...

If a sibling decides to sue the estate. Can the PR use money from the estate / trust or any accounts he chooses ?

A trustee and a PR are different. A PR can certainly use estate funds for attorney's fees. A trustee would need to look at how the trust is worded.

In Kansas with a living trust and a rollover will does the trustee get to keep proceeds from house sale?

While it is certainly true that many poorly written trusts exist, usually there are laws that prevent such opaque trust administration. Most...

Five years.

Will DHS take my husband's retirement away because he is on SSD and receives food stamps and Medicaid?

You need to report all income changes to make sure you are getting the correct benefits. If you are found to have received benefits you should not...

Do I have to put the money that I received from the selling of my mother's house in my account to be dispersed to my 7 siblings

I am also curious as to how you got the authority to sell your mother's house. The money should be put into an estate account if she has passed...

I have 3 sons and want one taken off my will.

Just have a new will written up acknowledging that he is your son, but that you do not wish him to inherit anything.

I am beneficiary of a trust in which there are two cotrustees. The one who did most of the work has in essence abandoned.

You really can't afford to not hire a lawyer. There might be language in the trust about responsibility for attorney's fees.

My friend died with no will.

The daughter would not inherit the debt. It might be possible that the estate will need to do some further work on the lawsuit. If your friend is...