Wills and Estates » Probate Legal Questions and Answers
What are my duties as executrix of my mother's estate?
My mother named me as executrix of her estate. Can anyone else take care of any duties of her estate?
01/31/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: North Carolina | #1094What forms do I need to use as a "disclaimer" to property?
What forms do I need to use as a "disclaimer" to property? My aunt left me her condominium she is deceased) and there is no valid will. The form I am looking for is one to have my sister and my uncle to sign, so that they legal acknowledge to have no interest in the condominium.
01/31/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Illinois | #1092Is it true that if an estate has more than $75,00 in assets it all goes in probate?
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was told that if my husband has more than $75,000.00 in assets, a will is no good, everything goes in probate. There is no house in the state worth less than that amount today. Why is a will no good?
03/26/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Nevada | #1038What is a waiver of notice to probate of will?
I am not the executor of my father's estate; my sister is. The estate's attorney and my sister want me to sign a waiver of notice of probate of will. Why are they asking this? What is the benefit?
03/26/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Ohio | #1034If I am jointly on a bank account and the other person dies, do I get the money in the bank?
If I am part owner of a checking account, and the other owner expires, am I allowed to withdraw the entire balance, or does the heirs inherit the whole amount?
01/31/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Louisiana | #914Should my deceased mother's home be listed in the inventory that is sent to the court?
My mother left the house to three grandchildren. Do I include the house in the inventory to send to Court? If two wish to keep the house and one wants to sell, and the one that wants to sell get a court order saying they do not wish to be a cotenant; will the judge order the house be sold?
01/31/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: New Jersey | #904Who does money go to that is held in joint bank account when one party becomes deceased?
My Father and his wife lived in Florida. Father's wife had a joint checking account with her elderly mother in Mississippi. This account had approximately $200,000.00. The Mother passed away. Three grandchildren (nieces of my father's wife) filed suit claiming their share of the $200,000.00. There is on file a letter from the attorney for my Father's wife's in Mississippi st...
03/01/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Mississippi | #763What do you do first after the death of the person you are a personal representative of?
What do you do first after the death of the person you are a personal representative of?
02/15/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Indiana | #715If I am jointly on a checking account and the other party becomes deceased, who gets the money?
If I am part owner of a checking account, and the other owner expires, am I allowed to withdraw the entire balance, or do the heirs inherit the whole amount?
02/14/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: ALL | #698Who gets my parents home since they died with no will?
My father and mother died an did not have a will leaving their home to anyone. I have three adult sisters and one brother. Whom does the house pass to by law?
02/08/2007 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Georgia | #592