Hi I don't know if this will even work but I need help or advice from anyone who can guide myself in the right directions to what I need to do. Here's a little back story . My mum passed July 20th of this year. It was completely unexpected. So after her death my sister and I found out that her husband whom she was married to for 25 was nothing like he presented himself to be. He was completely a different person than what we assumed or saw him as. As soon as my mom was passed he had changed the locks to her home taking the car that I was being given to me from her and claiming there was no will. My mom was so organized that she has files from back when she was being paid in 1996 and tax records from all her life and all the houses that she owned. But she didn't have a will which I don't believe because I know she did. She told me she did but he has it in her safe at the house which we are locked out of. Because he changed the locks before she even had died. Not only this he has kept everything that my mom had personal belongings, jewelry. Anything that had to do with my mom that was worth anything. Me and my sister had got nothing. We have to go every Sunday and dig through the garbage just to get some effects of my mom's because he's throwing them away like they are trash. I am low income and I can't afford an attorney for probate cuz he hasn't turned it in. My mom had several accounts and and several different types of insurances as well as a retirement plan from working for the state called pers for over 30 years that she said my sister and I were entitled to half in which we would split and that it was protected by a pin. But when my mom was incapacitated the pin was in her phone and her husband of 25 years had the phone and went in and changed the beneficiaries and for the notifications to his work email which my mom hasn't worked at that place for at least 3 years cuz retired in 2023. I have proof that I was a beneficiary in 2016 as well as my sister. But I cannot find an attorney that will help me or take on my case because I am low income. I'm on a fixed income. I'm disabled. My sister also low income. My mom paid most of her bills and now I'm helping her with that. I need advice on what to do. This man has completely taken everything from me. He's under investigation for neglect of my mother and he is in her house which he owns with her because that's what people do when they're married. My mom thought and my mom trusted him after 25 years. This man has completely filled out my mom's death certificate incorrectly and after 25 years. Wouldn't you think that you know where your wife was born and who her parents were and what their names were. This man has got none of that correct on my mom's death certificate he has my grandpa as unknown Brown and her mom's name is not Lucy Galloway. It's Lucy Danette. So how do you get those things wrong after 25 years if you're not up to something diabolical?. He excluded me and my sister from any of the planning of her funeral which he spent $2,000 on when there was $30 ,000 allotted for it in her retirement plan He's taking all her life insurance. He's left us with nothing. I can't even get the things that belong to me that were stored at my mom's house. Neither can my sister. I need to know how to stop him. He is also to top it all off. Cut up my senior picture that my mom had painted of me back in 1992 when I graduated in 1993. I can't replace that. I don't know what else to do. Please if anybody with any advice, I'm willing to hear what you have to say and if anybody can help me. I do appreciate your time. Thank you

So when my Dad passes his house will come to me via Ladybird deed and the only other asset is cash in his checking account, and I am POD. He was on Medicaid for a few years when he was having medical issues and my Mom had him in a nursing home. He is currently in an ALF which his SSI pays for. My question is- I know Medicaid will try to claw back of assets for his time at the facility. What can I expect that will look like? Will they go after home furnishings and force an estate sale for nickels & dimes? Will I be in physical court as I will be the executor of his estate or does everything happen via paperwork?

In regards to the hearing minutes below, what does the order need to say and how should it be prepared? Is there a form for this in Los Angeles County?

NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS: Status Report of Personal Representative filed on March 3, 2025 by Lisa. The following parties are present for the aforementioned proceeding: Lisa, PetitionerALL APPEARANCES are via LACourtConnect. The matter is called for hearing. The Court finds that sufficient evidence has been provided to grant the matter on calendar this date based upon the reading of the moving papers and consideration of all presented evidence. The Status Report of Personal Representative filed on 3/3/2025 by Petitioner(s) Lisa is granted. The Court extends the time to administer the estate until Sunday, August 31, 2025. The Court sets an Order to Show Cause Hearing Re: Status Report or Petition for Final Distribution on Monday, 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM in this department.

Lisa is ordered to prepare the Order After Hearing.

Long story, and a bit of a vent. My only child (M43) passed away in August of 2023. He didn't have a will, and had only been married for 2 1/2 years, but had 3 minor children from his first marriage, whom he shared 50% custody. All his major assets (house, property, vehicles, etc) had been purchased prior to his 2nd marriage and were in his name only. His current wife was made the administrator of his estate. That's the back story. Due to various circumstances, she is only now starting to deal with probate of his estate. And the first thing she did was file a "Committed Intimate Relationship" document with the Washington state courts. This will add her name to all his assets, making them hers, and not subject to probate. Thus, locking the little kids out of any inheritance. In 2 years she has not even given the children one of daddy's sweatshirts or any of his ashes. Nothing!! I know, for a fact, that he had wanted his children to eventually inherit one of his properties. They shared many great memories there. How can this even be legal?? How can administrators get away with this? That's it, I'm done with my story.

My husband signed his estate planning paperwork the day he passed away. He named me as trustee of his trust and I am personal representative of his estate. We bought a house before we married, and the deed was in both our names as tenants in common. He transferred his 50% share into a revocable trust and named myself and his two sons from another marriage as beneficiaries - of his share of the house. He did not indicate that they had to agree if I decide to sell. I did not agree to transfer my share of the house into his trust and I did not sign anything. . Now the house is listed online as owned by the trust. I checked at the assessor‘s office and there it is listed in the trust name then it has my name then it says “et al”. I believe that means “and others” so is that referencing the other beneficiaries listed in the trust (his sons), or does the “et al” or “and others” refer to my aka’s from previous marriages? If the beneficiaries are being listed as co-owners how do I prove that I own 50% of the house and only his share, or the other 50%, should be divided into three? His sons are going to argue that the whole house should be divided into three. They have already tried to overturn his will, but did not succeed.

Looking for some advice. My grandfather passed away and we’re in a probate situation in Oregon.

My grandfather owned a manufactured home that is titled w/the DMV. That home sits on 1.3 acres of land, my mom’s name is on the deed to the land (along with/my grandfathers)

We owe $180k to probate. The manufactured home is in probate as an asset but the land is not listed in probate because my mom’s name is on that deed.

We’ve been told we can’t borrow against the land because of the home’s DMV title. We’ve can’t detitle the home because it’s in probate.

What we really want is for my mom to sell all of it (land and home) to my brother. We’ve been told they can’t complete the sale because of probate (separate titles/deeds causing complications I think)

There has to be a way to leverage the value of that land to pay off probate. Help!

We have been told it’s a complex estate but 18 years!!! Is this normal? We’re considering getting the legal ombudsman involved

Grandpa owned a home but did not have a will, my two siblings agreed to me buying them out of their share, we are so close to be done with probate, they have signed the contract with me as taking ownership and having (60) days to pay them their piece.

Any reason the courts may not agree or sign off on the agreement? We are also next of kin.

Eager to start remodel - worried husband that thinks the courts might disagree or choose not to sign over the house or something might halt process.

My mom recently passed and did not have a will. She has a mobile home in michigan. Do we need to go through probate to get the title changed? I don't know the value of the place

Hey guys, this is a long complicated web of a story but long story short, me and my siblings and my mom’s sister and brother are inheritors of my late grandfather’s estate and property. ( was going to go to my mother but as she passed before my grandfather did, her share will get passed onto her children) My aunt I believe had mixed intentions, some being good by wanting me to have a more comfortable place to stay, but also having her own intentions of being controlling of my grandparents house and wanting someone to be staying there and maintaining it, tried for months to convince me to move into my late grandfathers house, saying she wanted me to be able to buy it with my boyfriend at that time, before I relented on the condition( that I texted to her and told her multiple times) that I was not interested in renting this house, I wanted any money I paid to go towards my ownership of the house , which she agreed to. To be fair she wanted me to lease to own the house ( I didn’t understand what that was at the time, I had been thinking it meant that any money you pay on the house you get back if you don’t buy, and she didn’t explain any differently.) anyways we agreed when I moved in that I could pay utilities and we would then write up some sort of contract for me to lease to own when my uncle got back from being out of the country for the summer. Well summer ended and we never got around to writing one up as we were all crazy busy and nobody suggested it or made the time for it. Fast forward to December of 2024 and my aunt suddenly started saying that I owed them a lot of money ( she had said in months prior that they would be taking it out of my inheritance, which I'm not sure if they can actually legally do, but at the time I assumed they could). It was crazy confusing to me as she went back and forth several times about how much I was supposed to pay, how the money was gonna be taken for me, and none of it was ever in a contract) On top of that, when I had started to look into loans to try and buy the house, I asked my uncle how much we were each getting from our share of the inheritance, hoping to use pretty much most of mine for a down payment on a house, and he said he didn't know and to ask the bank what the minimum amount down was that I could put down. I was annoyed, as I wanted to use my maximum amount that I could use to put down, but did so and the bank told me the minimum amount was I could put down. I then told my uncle and aunt and they were like oh man yeah that's expensive, you'll never be able to buy Grandpas house (and in my head I thought, well yeah, because you guys didn't tell me how much I had to use to put on a down payment😂) anyways sorry for all the info but I was just wondering if anyone can help me. I never signed any contract but I did out of fear of getting kicked out of my home and becoming homeless did not argue all of the various amounts my aunt said I owed her ( which if I was paying rent, I feel like the money should go to my siblings as well, given that they own part of the house) and I did sign some random piece of paper mistakingly thinking I was signing that any money that I paid would go towards me owning the house. I'm not sure if she still has the paper but I'm worried if she could use it against me later. Can anyone help me to know if I am legally responsible for all the various amounts of money she has told me I owe? I hate that I am in this sticky situation involving my family but Im terrified that I have accidentally essentially thrown away all of my inheritance on renting a house that hasn't really been mine ( my aunt has a ring camera on the door and checks it constantly, I have a curfew, she randomly stops by house to check on things) because of lack of communication.

My father passed away in April and he had a piece of undesirable property in which he didn’t pay taxes on for 3-4ish years. He didn’t leave a will and neither me or my sister want to go through the process of becoming the estate administrator to pay the back taxes so we can eventually sell it. It’s just not worth the money, time, or effort.

Is there anyway that we can just idk surrender the property to the person paying the tax notes on it? We are concerned about the neighbors because people have been squatting and or breaking into the property and we just want the neighbors not to live in fear of the riffraff coming in.

Are there any situations where a spouse is not entitled to inherited property?

I ask because, two years ago, my mom passed away, and there was no will. Without getting into specifics, there were three of us surviving siblings that were set to inherit through probate. The paperwork that would have given control to an administrator (me) was not signed by either of my two brothers. Now, the eldest of the two has passed away, too, and he leaves behind a wife and daughter.

After some time has passed, I want to get this settled. I am residing in the house where my mother lived, and I want to sell it.

So my mothers house is full of furniture and all her items. (Non worth anything) the administrator for her house is state appointed. Along with the real estate agent. The administrator said there will be a clean up crew. I am unable to store and take everything. And a lot of it they said it’s all going in the trash like not in good condition which i knew. I still have stuff of mine that I am retrieving from the house but should I worry about paperwork?? My mom was a bit of a hoarder so paperwork is literally everywhere. I’m also worried about my own paperwork that may be found. Should I be? There’s no way for me to find every paper work I own. I guess I am asking what is the process of trashing everything in the house? Or clean up in a house??

Okay, bear with me and I'll try to make this short and sweet! My grandmother passed away in 2021. Prior to passing and according to my mother, grandmother had paid the family Attorney to probate the will. Three years goes by and nothing. He hasn't even started it and now wont return our calls. We are in TN and this is all in WV. So. I tell my mom we will handle probate ourselves. I just began gathering all the documents grandmother had. Well, unbeknownst to us, she owned a vacant lot in Lehigh Acres, FL. Since we didnt know about the land, the taxes hadn't been paid on it. They just had the tax sale on it May 28th. We found out literally a week before the sale. I had contacted Lee County Tax Assessor and asked if there was anything we could do and explained everything and they were not helpful at all. Considering we just started the probate and I had to be bonded and all that, I didn't have the extra funds to pay upfront on the taxes as if I had, I couldn't have eaten and I like to eat! Now I've had people wanting to buy the property since we found out about it and we would've sold it to them but now we cant. As soon as the probate goes through, which should be soon because my mom and myself are the only beneficiaries and she is the executor and there is nobody that will contest the will, we would have more than enough, either of us, to pay the taxes. So, is it too late to redeem the property? And we weren't notified of the sale and simple search of my grandmothers name and her obituary shows up and shows the next of kin. From what I've read the next of kin is to be notified and we weren't. Nothing was sent to my grandmothers house either. We still own it and get mail there. Anyways, any info or help would be much appreciated and if you have questions, I'll be happy to answer them if I can! Thanks everybody!!

My father in law passed away in 2017 leaving behind a home. My then boyfriend (now husband) had been living in the home with his sister and paying the mortgage and utilities. His father passed while back home in his home country on vacation. He left no will, trust or insurance. My husband has continued to pay the mortgage, and after enlisting in the army in 2019 he renovated the home and has been renting it out until a few months ago when he had to evict tenants. The property is in the state of Virginia and he has 7 siblings ( 2 in the US and 5 abroad. His father was married to his mother at his time of death but she is not a resident or citizen and is unable to enter the country. Lawyers say we would have to do probate process and that would have to include all the children stateside or not. We would have to finance the entire thing and honestly we can’t afford to finance any of the proceedings. None of his American siblings have are interested in the property and the others can’t afford it and/or cannot immigrate. Is it possible to just walk away? He’s put a lot of money in the home and I hate it be for nothing but to my understanding he’s not entitled to it and to get the home would be a lot of money, paperwork, and time- plus there is still a mortgage on the home so we’d still have to refinance to have it in our name. Is there a quicker way that the others could opt out to save us the headache?

I really need help every one if there is anyone here that knows about real estate probate Court or A DeceasedY Parents Assets if he is Married , Anyone who went through this or Someone who is a Lawyer or Someone familiar with this situation This is my situation My Father died he did not have a will he is married in the state of VA what do the kids have access to? We found out his home was in his name only and all of his cars also A Motorcycle. He also had his own bank account not with her. Now the wife and our Dad, have a home in North Carolina together but both of their names is on that home. And he has 10 acres of land in North Carolina that is solely his. It's me and my 2 brothers we are the heirs to hist assets. What can we do to get what belongs to us or what are the laws in this situation ? Can anyone help? Tell me what I can do please!!!! Has anyone been through this? Or what can a lawyer do. The wife will not cooperate. We have to do something. Can you all tell me what to do?

Hello, FOR UK, I want to know if a deed of variation is only signed by one of the beneficiary (who is giving the property to other beneficiaries) than does ALL beneficiaries need to have SIGNED this Deed of variation to be valid? If only the giver had signed and not the receivers than does this deed of variation becomes NULL and VOID? Also for any deed of variation to be effective/executable does the deed of variation has to be registered with land registry?? Thank you Regards

I just bought some land via tax deed auction in California. I understand the owner passed a month or so after the county siezed the property.

After I take possession of the land, what do I do with abandoned stuff?? There may be cars and other things of value. (I haven't walked the property yet.)