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 grandmothers estate is in probate.

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My grandmothers estate is in probate. What are my rights?
My grandmother dies 2 years ago. My father died 6 months after she did. Neither one of them had no living will. The estate is in probate. My mother and father were still married at the time of his death. My father had 4 brothers and sisters. The estate is expected to sell for 400,000. As his son am I entitled to anything or does my mother get all of his interest in the estate? or is she intitled to any at all?

Living Will My uncle has a living will with a DNR – he went through about 1…

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Living Will
My uncle has a living will with a DNR – he went through about 1 month of touch and go but has survived and is now in an extended care facility – he is now conscience and coherent – but is being fed by feeding tube – he is able to communicate quite well. In spite of this, his daughter (my cousin) and the sole heir, wants to pull the plug. Here are my questions:

1) can he verbally revoke the DNR?
2) Is there some standard in terms of his condition that says how bad he has to be before they can even consider the existence of a living will?
3) What is the right way to stop her and get this into the right venue for a legal hearing?

Thanks for getting back to me right away – this is life and death!

Deceased Tax Filing My father passed away on December 23rd.

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Deceased Tax Filing
My father passed away on December 23rd. Although I was his power of attorney while alive, I have no paper like a living will to indicate I was in charge of his affairs when he passed. He had an outstanding bank balance which I am now going to pay with his 2008 tax return which I filed on his behalf. Since the account is closed, it is going straight to bank personnel instead of into the account. When the debt is paid there will be almost 700.00 left. Am I entitled to the remainder? I do have a paper we both signed when he was taken under hospice care stating I was in charge of all of his decisions & care choices. Is that valid?