Trusts Legal Questions and Answers
What is needed to convey current deed to a trust?
I, a widow, have quit claim deed in my name. Revocable will/trust agreement provides for trust. Which form is necessary to convey present deed to trust (deed).
06/21/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: Massachusetts | #17097If a home is held in two seperate trusts equally, who is responsible for upkeep?
Is there a law in CA, that states, if there are 2 trusts which each contain 50% of a house, that both trusts are responsible for 50% of all fees pertaining to the upkeep and sale of the house? If so please let me know where to find this law.
05/22/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: Arizona | #16754Taxable estate, A-B trust, replace corporate trustee. Is there a wayI can complete the b trust myself?
I have a/b trust. Trust company no longer exists. Husband died. Is there a wayI can complete the b trust myself, ie do 1,2,3?
05/21/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: Arizona | #16747How do I get my deceased mother's annuities to pay if there was a Medallion Signature Guarantee?
This question has two parts and concerns Medallion Signature Guarantees. My mother died recently, naming me and my brother as beneficiaries on her annuities and successor trustees on her trusts. (1.) I was asked to fill out a form by the annuity company to continue to receive annuity payments. This form required a signature guarantee. The bank would not do this until I 'prov...
05/20/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: Washington | #16725Is my husband entitled to property I inherited if we divorce?
If my father gives me a grant deed (only in my name) to his home while he is in the hospital (its now in his revocable trust and 100% paid for) can my husband take half if we get a divorce? I'm in California and I have 5 kids so my dad wants to make sure I am okay in his passing.
05/10/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: California | #16626What can I do if I believe my brother has abused his power over the famliy trust?
My father developed a trust, naming me and my brother as co-power of attorney. My father died in 2003. My mother has had alzheimers since 2000. My brother has been very secretive about many things involving the trust as has the trustee, at US Bank. I have been summarly excluded from most of the decisions (medical, property etc.) concerning the trust. My brother removed man...
05/10/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: Missouri | #16623I am drawing a new trust and am unsure of who to list as property owners
I have been given a life estate in three properties by my husband now deceased. I am drawing a new trust. When I have my husband's name removed from the deed, should I put my name as a user of the property or my husband's son as the eventual owner? Also amendments made when my husband was sick, but perfectly clear in his mind, show his signature as barely legible. Knowing what...
04/30/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: California | #16490Are royalties considered a non-probate asset?
Are royalties considered a non-probate asset?
04/27/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: ALL | #16213What is the procedure for a revocable trust?
Wills in NC must have two signatures and be notarized to be enacted. Is the procedure the same for a revocable trust or is there a recording of the trust?
04/27/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: North Carolina | #16165If my father's home is owned by the family trust, does that give his present wife any ownership?
My father set up a family trust in which he indicated that his present wife would have the right to continue living in the house owned by the trust until her death or voluntarily leaving the house, whichever occured first. Nowhere in the trust agreement does it state the term Life Estate, yet that is what his widow is choosing to construe it as. The members of the family trus...
04/24/2009 | Category: Trusts | State: California | #16117