Business Lawyer
Practice Areas: Business, Contracts & Agreements, Banking
the answer is a "maybe". By default your mother's estate, not you or your brother, is liable for your mother's debts. However, if you either of you...
Raise the defense in the answer. Make sure you claim that there has been no accounting.
In California, unless something has changed this year, probate is always mandatory. If the estate was under $100k (that amount may have increased...
You will have a limited amount of time if a probate is opened to make your claim - usually between 4 and 9 months depending on your state's laws....
More important will be the branding, appearance, and similarity of goods/services. Certainly if there is a lot of crossover regarding what you do -...
We would need to know who sold it. Was it an executor? If so, the executor can hold onto the funds to pay off creditors and income taxes before...
Yes, you should be concerned. If your brother is trying to coerce your mother into giving him the property to keep it from you, then this might be...
You need to submit a Will to probate, become executor (if possible), and then can demand the items be returned in order to distribute the property...
I agree. Since your mother is still alive, only your mother is entitled to anything. Your sister, as a POA, has a fiduciary duty to hold the funds...
You had to have had the settlement agreement accepted by the probate court. Until that happens, there is no settlement agreement. If the agreement...
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