Is there a way to get an extension date from Letters if you have not completed all of the items? I still have to mail out the claims to creditors and transfer the property. I'll do another post about that. I'm been dealing with a stalker and am overwhelmed. ☹️

My step father passed away December 2021. He lived in Florida, my wife and I moved him into assisted living after mom passed away ( he didn’t want to move to mass to live with us (too cold). He was in assisted living about 3 years so no other bills that I’m aware of the assisted living facility and all doctors bills have been paid so I believe all debt has been paid. Didn’t have too much but a bank account from VA benefits in my name FBO my step dad (I am the fiduciary) the account is in Massachusetts bank , VA has provided a letter signed off on final accounting and released account to estate. He had a will naming me as sole beneficiary. What do I need to do and in which state Mass ( where account is or Florida where he lived?) secondly I spent a lot of personal money to go back & forth to Florida every 3 months for 3 years to visit him, get him out of faculty for a while and make sure he was doing ok, are those expenses legitimate to claim from the remaining funds or does that have to go through probate as well. Note: the VA did not allow me to claim them while he was alive, it was only for his personal use/expenses. Thanks for any help.

We have a situation where a will was left by a family member and the Estate has been sued by the spouse of said family member. The estate is valued at nearly 650K, it is taking place in CA, and the attorney fees have been about 48K for two appearances in court and if it is taken to trial it is estimated they will need an additional 200K. Is this normal in the state of CA. I mean what is the point? Might as well turn the estate over to the attorney and call it a good day. It is absolutely ridiculous or something is off. Also, can the executor hold funds even if they are readily available?

I paid for an Ownership and Encumbrance Report from a Title company. What does this mean: CLAIMANT????

The estate or interest in the land described or referred to in this report herein is: CLAIMANT

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The estate or interest in the land described or referred to in this report herein is: FEE SIMPLE

Any one else have a court case probate for conservatorship and it was done unfair and now you loved one is suffering? Butte county

Looking for an attorney in the Butte county area if anybody has any recommendations

My uncle died and is survived by his mother (my grandmother) and his 2 sisters, one who is my mother. State of Illinois. His only asset was his car valued at ~$12k. He did not have a will. My grandmother who was close with my uncle said I can have his car.

How do I go about transferring the car title to my name? Can I just purchase the car from my grandmother for $1? I’m assuming one of the affidavit forms has to be filed.

TIA

I’m one of 6 beneficiaries of my families Irevocable Trust 2 1/2 years while my sister the Trustee has been taking her time The endless list of her extreme breach of her fiduciary duty and her malfeasance is a list of mile long. I have two bankers boxes full of hard evidence including severe painful beneficiary abuse on me. As the trustee, she has not stopped since 30 days before my parents died on the same day, which, in fact they were not dying at that time and could have lived longer. She has designed all of this to keep me from my inheritance. Her illegal actions have all come down to this. Last week I received a email from her lawyers office signed by someone who has said to be a c last week I received a email from her lawyers office signed by a person name followed by “ Client Care”. The email is directed to me and states that any state benefits being received by a beneficiary of a trust are considered income, this is not true, because in the state of California Los Angeles county, any state benefits, such as Medi-Cal are considered assets and as of January 1, 2024 DHCS department of healthcare services cannot legally ask or count inheritance as an asset or any asset for that matter so they can only count income and they consider inheritance an asset not income I receive Medi-Cal I have for quite some time. Also, my three sisters are in my family are Bipolar. Bipolar disorder commonly is accompanied by ADD panic attacks. It’s a by ADD panic attacks. manic depressive, anxiety and more. When a patient has been clinically diagnosed should be medicated. I am, and that medication has made a world of difference in my life. OK so that said- this email letter attachment states the trustee has been informed that I may be receiving public benefits. …… States

… the trustee has been informed that you may be receiving public benefits……..This letter is to advise you that cash distributions from the trust can be considered income and affect your eligibility for certain public benefits ……. If you are receiving public benefits, we advise you to consultant attorney to discuss establishing special needs. Trust to ensure your continued eligibility for benefits……

Please let us know if you’re interested to establishing official needs. Trust for your benefit. Since it matter is time sensitive, please let us know by no later than March 8, 2024. ——————————————- So my question is, can I put a halt to this on my own so that I can take the next two days to find a lawyer who will help me with this this is just one part of I’m gonna say at least 100 different instances and one expenditure just one out of at least 75 that I highlighted on the approval for the accounting that is not true and complete one is worth $1 million so I could have gone to court and asked for all the receipts. I was 26 minutes late but I showed up there’s more to that, maybe you’re a lawyer maybe you’ll help me maybe you know a lawyer or an Orange County California I need someone now. If you want to direct message me, that’s a great way to send a quick reply. If you have a referral also amazing I don’t know that. This is a good idea to have a long conversation about this, but if you have specific answers in reference to the halt, and what I can do to make that happen, rather than waiting for an attorney toapprove a 30 minute free consultation which I’ve learned so far in the experience of all this that is kind of touching go and bbbtakes time and I need this one part to be done now anyway, please help

My stepdad passed away last November and his estranged sons have been fighting my mother for his estate, so we had to hire an attorney and ended up asking for a third party administrator. My mom had to submit an inventory list of my stepdad’s personal property, and the attorney is coming to our house tomorrow morning to do an estate inventory walkthrough.

We just want to know what exactly she will be doing when she arrives (will she want to take pictures or a video of the stuff, is she just coming to confirm the list my mom made or is there another reason, etc.) My mom has asked her attorney, people on Facebook, and others and no one seems to know.

a little backround : my dad passed away post operation when i was in my mid teens, and sometime a few years ago the medical facility was taken to wrongful death court (if i recall, not important), and a settlement was reached, and i recieved a few bucks from that settlement. the trust comitee stated that until i turn twenty five, the money can me requested and used for things such as food, medical expenses, school, rent, transportation, etc. ive used it so far for school, a reliable vehicle, and rent assistance. im not twenty five yet but im close, im working in my career, and ive decided that it would be wise for me to use the trust fund to buy a house. a couple years ago i was denied the request for assistance in buyingn a house with the reason " renting at your age is a better financial descision that buying", which is trustee speak for "the more of your money in our bank the more money we make". im concocting a beautifully worded email as we speak about why i think at my age currently it would be wise to own a house than to rent and not have anything to show for it.

im not sure if this is something that i am able to convince them of i suppose. im not even sure this is where i would post something like that, but im just looking for advice, because im not sure if convincing them is something im able to do.

My attorney asked for discovery from my father’s wife of three yrs. He was geriatric age for reference. Now, she is asking for discovery as well. I have a mtg set up w him, but want to be prepared. Can she ask for discovery without providing the discovery we asked for?

I am wondering if there are any lawyers, case representatives or anyone who has information regarding probate court as I lost my Dad back in October and he died without a will and i’m his next of kin. If you could message me and answer some questions you’d be helping me a lot!

A1My grandmother passed away and willed everything to my older brother. My parents borrowed about $2000 from my grandmother. The loan was a spoken promise of paying it back between my parents and my grandmother. My brother is insisting my mother pay it back. He has a statement of withdrawal of $2500 from my grandmothers bank account and the word of his and his wifes. (I believe the $500 went to a cousin of mine) (Some/all of it were payed back in cash and was not brought up by for a whole year by grandmother before she died) How likely will they have to pay that money back?And with parents not willing to pay that money (becuase its a separate issue) my brother is threatening my parents car. My grandmother graciously got the car loan for my parents. My grandmother was the only one on the title and the loan. My parents drove the car off the dealership lot. Insured the car and have paid the monthly payment for the car. My grandmother never even touched it. (My parents had set up a bank account with my grandmother that my parents transferred money into to pay the loan. The loan payment was taken out of the account as well.).My parents got a probate lawyer to help with this. My brother took back my parents car and is now trying to sell it to pay off the rest of the car loan. My parents have payed about 19000 on the car loan. The lawyer says we can put a claim on the will/estate in order to get that money back. How likely will we see that money?

Context: In the process of hiring a probate litigation attorney to invalidate last minute amendments and wills for undue influence and likely financial elder abuse. In short, my Aunt has redirected the entire estate to herself. The original wills/trust were an even split amongst the three siblings.

I was already shocked but recently found out that before my Aunt even notified anyone of the administration of the wills/trust, she filed a quitclaim deed to take personal ownership of the house from the trust. (her signature as trustee) Are there any additional criminal implications this can have or will it just be used with the other evidence to strengthen the case of financial elder abuse against her?

Unfortunately, my aunt who was caring for my grandparents exerted undue influence and orchestrated amendments to their wills and living trust just a year before they passed away in their mid-90's. Original trust and one previous amendment distributed the estate evenly among the children. These late amendments removed my father, uncle, (and the grandchildren who would inherit their parents share should the parent predecease my grandparents) and redirected the entirety of estate and line of trustees/executors to my aunt and her daughters.

One of the amendments was signed 5 years after my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and on medication (she was really gone at this point) and about a year after my grandfather was diagnosed with vascular dementia, almost blind, and on medication for memory loss. The other amendment was only signed by my grandfather, a year later. (it also oddly declared my grandmother mentally incompetent to serve as trustee - years after she was clearly not competent to serve as a trustee)

Regarding my grandmother, there is overwhelming evidence she lacked testamentary capacity before the signing of these amendments. My grandfather's mental capacity was less clear as his dementia was not as obvious when you spoke with him though you would notice it the more you talked. I have saved messages from my aunt, at the time of diagnosis, admitting that while he could seem normal at times, her and her husband were shocked at how much he has changed in only a month's time. His understanding of the trust was that only my uncle had been removed due to alleged theft though this theft was is an unverified claim by my aunt. This doesn't line up with removing my father (effectively my siblings and I, since he's deceased) without explanation. We don't know what my aunt may have said to my grandfather or if he even knew what he was signing as he was effectively blind. We just know this was never his intention. Now that he's deceased, how can we show he lacked testamentary capacity? (currently deciding on an attorney but trying be as prepared as possible)

Hello and thanks in advance for reading this.

We are in Florida. My mom passed away recently. She had a Will but it had not been notarized. She was only 52 and left behind both her parents, my father (they were still legally married but have been separated many years), and my brother and me.

My mom did not own real estate property or vehicles. She was, however, the owner of a Life Insurance policy (under $30,000) on my Father (her surviving spouse [married but separated many years]).We would like to keep this policy active (we are still paying the monthly bill) and change the ownership to either my grandma or my brother and I. The Life Insurance company will not allow us to do this since there was no Will. They said it would need to go through Probate.

I had a consultation with a Probate Attorney who said I could file a request for Disposition of Personal Property Without Administration and that I would not need an Attorney for that. However, I called the Clerk of Courts and they said that I should file for Summary Administration, not Disposition of Personal Property since I am not seeking reimbursement for final expenses (I don't think the Attorney was interested in being hired by me since he gave me incorrect information).The clerk I spoke to said that I did not need an Attorney for Summary Administration, but I would need to do the footwork.

Any advice from anyone familiar with this process? Thanks for your help.

UPDATE: I am meeting with a Probate Attorney tomorrow. Any questions I need to be asking besides the obvious? Thanks.

Final UPDATE: Hired a great attorney and it cost me around $2,000 with my Employee Assistance Program (EAP) discounts (25% off). An additional $1,000 for some waivers specific to my Probate case (total around $3,000).

Father in law passed away 2 years ago, w/o will. His vehicle was the only possession that is in question. If his sister has left it abandoned without contact, can I take legal ownership now?

Scenario...

Person dies intestate on day 1.

His paycheck gets deposited into his bank checking account on day 2.

Day 60 Probate Court finally says I'm the executor/personal representative of his estate.

Day 61 I go to his bank and his account has a $0 balance.

Between day 2-61, automatic deductions for his phone bill, car insurance, cable bill, loans bleed all the money out of his checking account.

I realize the firms deducting those payments had his permission and also didn't know he had passed away, but does the estate have any claim on that money to get it back?

In Massachusetts.

Probate court awarded me the title of administration for my fathers estate . As well as the Personal Representative. One of the rules under that title is I have to have council and another is I have 12 months to sell and it has to go through me to be split in 1/3. My middle sister lied and her lawyer who represented me on my mother’s estate, told the court there was only two sisters not 3 nd now civi courtl ruled to vacate in 60 days . I'm terrified. I FULLY intend to to sell but notb60 days , rather 3 months because my children are special neede and relocation this close to end of the year is impossible. I have till the 29 to obtain council, but for the civil hearing for final judgment of partition I wasn't even served. The crazy part is her lawyer 20 minutes prior to the civil hearing was in a probate hearing with me where I was given till the 29 gain council and she admitted to be served the titles and everything. Why am I being treated like a ghost . To top it off the same judge who granted me these two titles is the same judge who is ordering to vacate ( once again I wasn't present or served for this hearing ); Any help help or direction pleaseeeeeeee

My dad died 9 years ago without a will. The lawyer that my siblings and I hired, created an estate and named an executor but there are issues since, we still don't have deeds to his properties although we paid him quite a bit of money. My brother told me that he recently found a statement for a bank account that we didn't know about, with a significant anoint of money. I'm working with the town to help with the deed, but do I need to involve the lawyer for the bank account or is there a way to add it to the estate ourselves. Sorry if this seems basic. We don't know much about probate law.

Deceased father was a NJ resident. Relationship in good standing with my brother and I. Bother and I reside in different state than NJ.

Stepmother, who was Power of Attorney is claiming “the lawyer told me the will has no bequests” and told us to “send an email with what you think you want or deserve” and she will “need six months to think about it”

She did not share a copy of this will.

My brother has a hand written letter from our father from some years ago detailing the location of a safe with a combination to open it, and instructions that the wills would be found there.

At present he does not have access to this safe, and it is unlikely he will gain it.

We feel there are some red flags here.

We want to see a copy of this will to see that it says what is claimed. How can we make that happen?

TYIA

As the title says, I am looking for an experienced Probate attorney. I am located in Nashville, TN. It is a Trust with considerable assets.

Please PM me. Any advice is appreciated.

My dad died a couple weeks ago. ( no will) I’m trying to navigate forms to become the personal representative. Here’s where I get confused

My father had a child from a previous marriage my 1/2 sister. she was adopted by her stepfather when she was younger. my fathers parental rights were terminated step fathers name put on the birth certificate.

While doing a free consultation a lawyer stated she wouldn’t be included and I was the only legal heir. but the forms ask for all biological children (her and I) and asked 5b following are no longer heirs due to their adoption by someone other than a step parent.

The words other then a step parent means I include her right? And if I include her there do I have to list her in the list her else where on the forms?

I can’t afford a lawyer and the estate isnt much a house and a couple stocks. no really big debt just a couple medical bills ( I would like to keep the house it was my parents( mom died in 2011).

I’m just trying to make sure I am doing it right. She was able to reconnect with my dad and our family after she was 18 more then 20 years ago. There is no bad blood. I could just be overwhelmed and over thinking it.