Legal advice on Estates

Suppose one is put down as the beneficiary of her parent's IRA held at a financial firm. Beneficiary designation was done via the financial firm's beneficiary designation form. Does the beneficiary still need a will of the benefactor to inherit the IRA at the passing of the benefactor? Or does the beneficiary designation at the financial firm suffice to for inheritance without going through the probate process?

I have probate of my brothers estate. His girlfriend is living in home since November his death. She pays most monthly bills. She has all papers. She paid for funeral. We are doing his taxes and with what we have for papers he owes. She wants funeral expense back plus others. Even though all was my brother's money to start. Do we have right to deduct taxes owed from what she is asking for? Do we owe her anything?

My father and his father (my grandfather) both passed away within months of each other. My grandfather left an inheritance to my siblings but not me. I wasn’t formally adopted by my dad. He’s been my dad since I was 6 years old. According to the family, that’s the reason for not receiving any money. However, all my life I’ve been included and never was treated differently. I received money at Christmas and holidays, same for my children. So it was a shock not to be included in the inheritance. Do I have a claim to the same money as my siblings?

Mother is surviving heir of my brother's very small estate. How does she assign her interest in the estate over to me so that I can be reimbursed for funeral expenses I paid and for my cost/expenses/time as personal representative?

I am my mother's POA since November 2016. She also assigned me to manage all of her bills and banking at that time -- her bank account with Wells Fargo and her credit card account with Amex -- because she was losing her credit cards, finding it difficult to keep up with her checking and savings accounts, and paying bills. We contacted her financial institutions and had all of her statements, bills, checks, and correspondence routed to me in Colorado from where she was living in Florida. My mother was diagnosed unofficially with dementia in April 2017. I continued to manage her accounts with financial institutions. I link her bills, transfer funds as needed between the checking and savings, and link her external bank accounts. One of her banks is a trust fund, however. I am not the trustee. My cousin is named as the current trustee. I don't know what legal grounds my cousin has to take control of the account, to limit my access, or to gain access to linked bills like credit cards. Although my mother named her as the successor trustee (my brother was named the initial trustee before he passed away in 2021, but my mother never gave him access to or asked to manage her finances) of her

My husband owns mineral rights in West Virginia. The firm leasing said rights told us we would have to probate in Arkansas and in West Virginia to transfer rights to me upon his death. We are considering doing a Deed upon Death (not a Transfer of Life Estate!). But before we retain an attorney in West Virginia, we want to be sure that a Deed Upon Death will accomplish our end goal without having to go thru probate.

my mom passed away leaving me and my sister her house by trust. my sister lives in it not me i have no part in anything to do with house but my name is now officially recorded on the deed. how do i remove myself ? homes paid for there are no court proceedings about anything

I have a trust, but my maiden name is not on my trust and i want to add that name on it as well to facilitate the inheritance to my heirs

My friend died 5 days ago. He does not have any family, but the medical examiner said a search for relatives will be made. She said I could petition at the Pomona County (California) court house for his remains if no family is found.