Category Archives: Probate, Trusts, Wills & Estates

Probate, Trust, Wills and Estates Law deals with administration of a deceased person’s estate. Probate legally passes title and transfers assets to the heirs listed in a Will. Trusts are not administered through the probate process and the terms of a trust are not disclosed to the public.

My 81year old father has been recently been diagnosed with a malignant brain…

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My 81year old father has been recently been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. My parents have everything in order ie: Will, Living Will, Living Trust, POA Healthcare. However, my Dad needs to establish a Durable POA while he is still mentally alert. My question is – Can he assign 2 designee’s on the POA? We were thinking to have both my mother and myself listed on the POA. My mother is mentally alert but is also 81yrs. and at times has difficulty getting around to attend to banking matters etc. Thank you,

Last Will We need a Last Will and Testament for married couple with NO children.

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Last Will
We need a Last Will and Testament for married couple with NO children. Beneficiary under the Will is of course, 100% to spouse. We also want to designate alternate beneficiaries to take in trust. Please advise as to which form allows us to set up in the event both my husband and I die, then we would want to leave the money we have to a sister in trust so we need the trust provisions. We also have a couple of other alternate beneficiaries and would like to leave their portion to them in trust as well. Should we be considering a living will or can we accomplish this with a Will designate alternate beneficiaries who take in trust?

PROS/CONS of using standard forms for Trusts, etc.

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PROS/CONS of using standard forms for Trusts, etc…
We have a friend who is an attorney who says he will prepare our Inter Vivos Trusts, advanced medical directives (living wills) and powers of attorney for each other for me and my husband, for $1,600.00. My husband thinks we can just buy the forms at an office supply store and do them ourselves and save a lot of $. What would be the pros and cons of this and is $1,600.00 a reasonable cost?