living wills in washington
what are all the documents need for a living will in washingtons and the statutes
Category Archives: Probate, Trusts, Wills & Estates
Changing a will My Mother has a will and living will.
Changing a will
My Mother has a will and living will. She would like to remove my sister from her will. Does she have to go through a lawyer or can she hand write the change and have a notary sign it? She does not have the funding to pay a lot for the changes.
Will or Trust?
Will or Trust?
If my mother already has a ”living will” in place with all her wishes medically and financially down……Is it necessary to create a ”living trust” to avoid probate?
Is the cost of creating a living trust worth the probate savings?
Living Will I have a living will, health directive, and a variable power of…
Living Will
I have a living will, health directive, and a variable power of attorney that was made up for me in Nebraska. Is it good in any state of the union? In other words if I die in Minn. or Ariz. would it still be valid?
Quit Claim and Community Property My step-dad died without a will.
Quit Claim and Community Property
My step-dad died without a will. He & my mom had built a house on land he brought into the marriage. My mom always thought the house was community property since it was built with community property assets. However, my step-dad had to mortgage the property early in their marriage to pay off his ex-wife, and my mom was required by the lendor to sign a quit claim. Her understanding was that it was a contract with the lendor, not with her husband, and that it wouldn’t affect her interest in the house unrelated to the mortgage.
Now her lawyer is saying that quit claim (signed over 20 years ago for a small mortgage that was probably paid off over 15 years ago) means the house is not community property, even though it was built with community assets. Can this be correct? In that event, who is considered a ”child” under the intestate inheritance laws: only his biological children, or does it include his step-children?