Tag Archives: Probate, Trusts, Wills & Estates

Left out due to greed My father passed away in October 2004.

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Left out due to greed
My father passed away in October 2004. My brother and sister decided to appoint themselves with power of attorney for his estate without ever informing me.

Since that date all money coming in from his estate was devided among themselves and I have been left out of everything.

My father worked for the school district for 20+ years and the paperwork that he first initially filled out specifically stated that all money should be devided among his three children. Once my brother and sister appointed themselves with the power of attorney, they changed all the paperwork with my fathers approval and with the understanding that all money would be divided equally among his three children.

To this date, I have never been notified of any changes or of any money coming in. I would like to know if I have a case or if you can recommend any legal advise online.

Thank you for your help

Changes to Revocable Living Trust After 5 years of 5 siblings being the…

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Changes to Revocable Living Trust
After 5 years of 5 siblings being the beneficeries of their fathers Trust the 1 sibling who was not only the trustee but also had power of attorney took the father to the lawyer 5 months before his death knowing he was terminally ill and legally blind had him sign a 1 page amendment stating she was to be the sole beneficery and dropping the other 4 siblings.. The lawyer just simply notorized the father’s signature. Should there have been other witnesses to this and also should the other beneficeries have been notified of these drastic changes?

Does someone who holds Power of Attorney for another person have a fiduciary…

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Does someone who holds Power of Attorney for another person have a fiduciary responsibility to the person’s heirs/beneficiaries (i.e., to save as much money as possible for the heirs to inherit) or is the POA’s responsibility only to the person for whom they are POA (i.e., making sure that person’s bills are paid and that he/she is well taken care of)?

Transfer of funds legally My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my…

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Transfer of funds legally
My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my mother including house, bank accounts, retiremnt funds, life insurance, etc. My brother automatically started changing bank accounts that were in her name on the internet and added his name to all of her accounts. Is this legal or is there any say as to my mother? Didn’t she have to fill out paperwork with the bank herself? He withdrew a lot of money from the accounts and I have no idea were it went. Some accounts like checking and her life insurance he totaly closed. Now my mother is a danger to herself so I had her commited to a state hospital and they transfered her to Assisted Living. The doctors say there is a very good chance she can return home, but my brother is trying to sell her house. Now he is getting my incompetent mother on heavy doses of sedatives to sign him Power of Attorney with the nurses staff as witnesses and is going to have it notorized. I wasn’t allowed to see the will and supposedly I have no say. Is this legal with what he did to the bank accounts? Is my mother competent enough by law yto sign him power of attorney? Thank You for helping me out with this. I appreciate a great deal.