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How can I legally purchase property that I have maintained for over 10 years?
Asked in Poplarville,  MS Jun. 16, 2020 ,  1 Answers

The property is heir property and the owner would sell it, but believes all heirs would need to be involved(3 total). The owner has been the only heir involved at all with this property and has paid the taxes on it for at least 11 years. This piece of property joins to mine and I’ve maintained it fo...

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Can my sister set up POA (for legal and medical) while she is hospitalized? She is still mentally competent.
Asked in Waterford,  MI Jun. 16, 2020 ,  1 Answers

My sister is in the hospital, for kidney disease and another life-threatening illness. She will remain there for another 7 weeks, after which she is expected to get a kidney transplant. She is mentally competent--understands what the doctors tell her, has normal conversations with us and can make he...

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Can an executor establish a trust that isn’t specified in the will
Asked in Spokane,  WA Jun. 15, 2020 ,  1 Answers
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If my father just died and had no will! SIL says we will go to jail if we go there! FIL had no debt
Asked in Richards,  TX Jun. 14, 2020 ,  1 Answers
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My FIL died made me medical power of attorney no will has three at least properties that we no of mayb more but has no will what are our next steps! Also trying to plan a burial but family won’t way in options what do I do

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I'm told im not an interest in my dad's estate did he make that decision or does the person who is appointed??
Asked in Boiling Springs,  SC Jun. 13, 2020 ,  1 Answers
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My stepmother turned in a will from 1990 giving her the power to make all decisions I know my dad would not remove me as a beneficiary

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Hello, My wife and I are in our early 60's and have been married 38 years.
Asked in Apopka,  FL Jun. 13, 2020 ,  3 Answers
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We are estranged from our 34 year old son. The last contact I had with my son was in February 2020, as my father-in-laws time drew near, we called our son to make him aware of his grandfathers health & to give him the opportunity to say goodbye to him. This was met with no response. Yesterday I rece...

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If I am married legally, can I create a will to exclude my husband out of anything I leave behind
Asked in Atlanta,  GA Jun. 12, 2020 ,  2 Answers
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I live in Charlotte NC

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My husband's mom just passed away. Her house was only under her and her deceased mom's name. My husband's dad and older
Asked in Saint James,  MO Jun. 12, 2020 ,  1 Answers
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Sister are the survivors. His dad and sister want nothing to do with the house so every one wants to put it in my husband's name. However, she left no will no beneficiary, nothing. What do we do from here?

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My father is ill and may not live very long.
Asked in Henderson,  NV Jun. 12, 2020 ,  1 Answers

He is not lucid. Is there a way for my mother (they are married) to get durable power of attorney over him or is there another option? She is looking to refinance her home at a lower interest rate so that she can afford to stay there after he passes.

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My father passed away in April my sister is the EOE. I wasn't mentioned in the Will. Were not speaking what can I do?
Asked in Philadelphia,  PA Jun. 11, 2020 ,  2 Answers
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Do I have any rights as his legal daughter? What steps should I take?

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What can I do to stop my siblings from stealing everything off my mother's the legal way?
Asked in Lytle,  TX Jun. 11, 2020 ,  2 Answers

I have a bedridden mother that I take care of her home 24/7. My older sister got my mother to sign power of attorney to her without my mother realizing what she had signed. So my mother revoke that. They were selling her property without her permission and now trying to sell her home and put her in ...

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A lawyer representing the estate of my Fathers first wife is asking me for a death cert.-am I due any compensation?
Asked in Deer Park,  NY Jun. 11, 2020 ,  2 Answers
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The lawyer said the court is requiring my Dads death certificate in order to settle the first wife's estate...they were divorced in 1965 and she died in 2010

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My mother won't give me my inheritance.
Asked in Cumberland,  MD Jun. 10, 2020 ,  2 Answers
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My grandfather left me his guns in his will - he died when I was 10. I was supposed to get them when I turned 18. I'm now almost 21 and she said her new husband wants them, but she's willing to get them appraised and give me the money for them. I told her, I'll get them appraised, and if I decide to...

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After following my wife wishes of cremation when I went to get her remains I denied them, my stepson has filed something
Asked in Akron,  OH Jun. 09, 2020 ,  1 Answers
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What kind of rights do I have after 18 years of marriage? He basically kidnapped her for the last 3 months of her life and I didn't even get to be with my wife in her last hours. Not only that, he is holding our truck, safe with personal paperwork, family heirlooms, tools, equipment, and our wedding...

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What are my rights on my family property, my dad passed suddenly from heart failure. No will.
Asked in Oklahoma City,  OK Jun. 09, 2020 ,  1 Answers

The deed is in his name and his wifes name. Originally it was my dad and mom's place, mom passed and dad remarried. unfortunately, the new wife got the property in right of survivorship, she died and it went to her kids who never even lived in the place. She had no will. Her kids have not paid the t...

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grandfather passed will states house goes to sister mother has POA and hasn’t transferred name over what can sister do ?
Asked in Sacramento,  CA Jun. 09, 2020 ,  2 Answers

He passed about a year ago and the will is very clear our mom is complaining of legal issues but hasn’t specified what’s holding up the transfer over to my sister what can we do?

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My mother passed before my grandmother. The will only lists my aunt as a child. Does that exclude me from the will?
Asked in Covington,  LA Jun. 08, 2020 ,  1 Answers
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Will is from Texas and is being processed in Marietta, Oklahoma. The will says "name of my child is Janet Morgan" and "All references" to "my children are references to the above-named child". Then in the Disposition of Property it states that it should be "distributed to my children in equal shares...

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My father passed away. No family member has shared the will to me. And they have filed paperwork. What can I do?
Asked in Los Angeles,  CA Jun. 07, 2020 ,  3 Answers
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3 older sisters involved . I’m the youngest. And then there is the younger ,greedy widow.

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As successor trustee of my mother's revocable trust, am I required to transfer title of her property?
Asked in Lakewood,  CA Jun. 06, 2020 ,  2 Answers
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My mother passed away a month ago. I am successor trustee of her revocable trust and executor of her will (she resided in AZ). I plan on selling her property right away. Am I required to transfer title in c/o my name as TTE? It was suggested I file informal probate bc she owed a substantial amount o...

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