As Personal Rep, can I close Probate on Mother's AZ house with 3/4 deed to me (bought out 2 sisters) & 1/4 deed to my brother?

Nobody can be forced to agree. Partition is the remedy for co-owners, meaning a court-ordered sale and division of the proceeds. This is usually...

How do I can access to house in probate from my brother?

The estate representative may literally do anything the deceased owner could have done, less any restrictions in the Will itself (such as creating...

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What happens when an admnistrator dies while some of the estates assets are unresolved? Is the adminstrtor's trustee now admin?

No, there is a vacancy in the administration and someone needs to petition to be the successor administrator. An accounting must be done on behalf...

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Can a daughter who has POA on behalf of her father act as his agent in his mother's estate if he's the administrator

You are correct in being suspicious. The bottom line is that the estate representative is unable or unwilling to perform his duties and should be...

Estate recovery joint tenancy

Joint tenancy is distinguished from all other forms of co-ownership in one regard only: right of survivorship. Until then, each owns an undivided...

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Both of my parents died ( 2001 and 2004), I was denied copies of will and trusts (Illinois).Can I inherit from the trusts- How?

Usually your rights expire after you are given proper notice by the trustee, which seems not to have happened here. Ordinarily a decedent's home...

I had a hearing over the phone to state my case on a motion to set aside the default. However, I totally forgot to be at home.

It depends on what the court did. If the court did not rule and simply took the motion off calendar because of your failure to appear, then you...

A power of attorney makes you the "agent" of the "principal" which authorizes you to act on behalf of the principal, and not for yourself. In...

As a general principle, a trust is a "bundle of rights" and not a separate entity such as a corporation, and there are cases holding that the...

If the defendant doesn't pay you through the settlement you both sign what are the ramifications?

It would not ordinarily make any difference what the case was about once there is a signed settlement which is a contract which may be enforced...