You have two courses of action that can be pursued. One is a civil action against your sister for recovery of the misspent funds. For this course...

For opening an estate account, will any banks accept from an executor a properly witnessed and notarized will...

I don't believe any bank will open an estate account for you without your presenting the bank with a certified copy of Letters of Personal...

Sister died 4 properties for sale husband in jail 30 years. does brother have rights

Before any attorney can adequately answer your question you need to supply more facts, such as: (1) how are the properties titled because how they...

My brothers kids can only inherit trust if us 4 Orig child die. Can I adopt them as adults in Az? They are listed in trust.

A competent estate planning should review the trust to determine it it allows or prohibits adult adoptions.

From some research I've done, I'm under the impression that say an inheritance of $100,000 from my mother in Michigan; I live

Arizona does not impose an estate tax or an inheritance tax. Michigan also does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Estates of decedent's who...

Can I establish a trust for my married daughter to protect her spouse from being entitled to any of the money?

If your daughter's assets are held in a trust for her, her husband would not be entitled to them in the event of a divorce. Because the assets in...

My single daughter no children passed away she had two mortgages on two properties and not much equity in either and little debt

Your daughter's creditors are not allowed to come after you for any life insurance proceeds received by you as a result of your daughter's death....

Who is responsible for legal fees in an Estate dispute

Given the facts you presented, your father's estate would not be responsible for the legal fees incurred by your mother.

What happens when the beneficiary dies a few days after the person who left them the assets

You don't say whether your aunt left the annuities by means of a beneficiary designation in the annuity itself or by her Will. If the former, you...

If no will or conservatorship was left behind after a love one has passed. What can we do to access that accounts & file taxes?

You should contact a competent probate attorney who practices in the county in which your loved one resided at the time of his or her death. After...