Wills & Trust
My 94 year old dad married his caregiver and has subsequently died. All his assets were apparently put into a trust in her name. She has cut off all contact with his family. How/who do we contact regarding his will and/or the trust? Can a trust be contested? Since she refuses to to speak to us, we are in the dark. My sister had power of attorney as well as being executor, however, when the caregiver married dad, all power as well as financial information shifted to her.
Selling a property when there is no power of attorney I am one of five siblings…
Selling a property when there is no power of attorney
I am one of five siblings whose mother is incompetent. I believe there is no power of attorney. She is currently living with one sibling who has not paid taxes on her property or his own since 1997. He has told his siblings he would be taking care of this when we found out a few weeks ago but has not. Both houses are still on the anticipated auction list; soon to be put on confirmed auction. If we can arrange payments of the tax liens on my mother’s property, would siblings be able to sell property without power of attorney or do we need to wait until it becomes part of her estate? Also, what would it take to force the sibling in control to reveal all her financial records to the other four? He is thankfully taking fairly good care of her, however, he refuses any outside help, nursing home for mom,or help with paying bills, etc. I don’t know if he has been paying her other bills, but he has been handling her finances for about 15 years. Answers to my questions and any other advice would be greatly appreciated.
Length of Power of Attorney An estranged aunt had POA on our father.
Length of Power of Attorney
An estranged aunt had POA on our father. He passed away recently, but our mother is still in a nursing home with Alzheimer’s. Does she now have Power of Attorney on our mother?
trust fund My elderly mother is selling her home in Washington state to live…
trust fund
My elderly mother is selling her home in Washington state to live with me in Colorado. Can her money be put in some kind of account that can be secured for her? My brother has power of attorney and my sister and I feel he and his family will deplete her money if he puts his name on her account. She does have a will and we are all to recieve equal amounts. She is also losing her memory, so we are very concerned about what we can do before closing.
proprety own before mariage our son bought a car, the loan is under his father…
proprety own before mariage
our son bought a car, the loan is under his father name and he is the co-signer. the title was put under our son name. since he got married, he is deployed in iraq, his wife took all his money, and he is filling for divorce. she has the car and doesn’t want to give it back. he has made all payments and is paying the insurance. we have power of attorney.can we take the car?can we or he sell the car?