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Recently my brother died having no will. My sister and I as his only next of kin. Our parents both predeceased him. He never married nor had any children. How do we file for his possessions under the OCR Title 21 for Intestate Decedent? He had only personal effects, a vehicle ($...

Before my husband passed away, we had signed a contract with a large law firm in Maryland and have a medical malpractice suit ongoing at the present time. My husband just passed away the 15th of February and the law firm wants me to open a small estate in my husbands' name. What ...

Does unpaid Medical bills count against the estate- even though they will be paid later by Medicare and/or BlueShield? Please answer the question according to AZ law. My mother died and has very large unpaid medical bills but we need to know if those amounts will be subtracted f...

My dad was an AZ resident and died recently in AZ. He had a vacant lot in Santa Maria worth 15-20K, no other property in CA . He had not retitled it in the name of his living trust. We will probably use AZ small estate rules (prop value _ 50K) to settle some insurance policies. C...

My sister, a resident of Virginia, recently died without leaving a will and without naming a beneficiary. Although she was legally indigent and receiving only social security disability as her primary income at the time of her death, there is a small balance in her checking acco...