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How Do I Fill to Forms to Get Letters of Administration?
I am attempting to assist a woman who received a quit claim deed from her father before he died for the home he owned. Since then she has applied for a modification on the loan but Wells Fargo will not proceed until she has letters of administration. I have obtained the forms from Martinez Superior court as she does not have funds to hire an attorney. The forms seem daunting ...
09/10/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: California | #23141Do All Heirs Need to Consent to the Distribution of Property in a Deceased's Estate?
I am the Executor and one of the beneficiaries out of 5 beneficiaries. My lawyer has given the go ahead for one of the beneficiaries to take the family home as her disbursement and the other 4 will take the savings acct. The value of both is close to equal.Do I have to have all agree to this or do I have any recourse to move this proposal through as there are two beneficiaries...
08/26/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Georgia | #23025How Do We Share My Mother's House if She Died Without a Will in Texas?
My mother passed and have a section of land, also a new house was built on the land but she passed before it was finished being built. She did not have a will. She have 3 children in all. My brother moved in the house and do not want to pay us for the property. What have to happen in order to settle this? He should pay my sister and I if he wants it. He just moved in a couple o...
08/22/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Texas | #22981When Happens to a Gift in a Will When the Heir Dies?
My father left two pieces of real property to me in his will, and assigned me as the executor of his estate. One home was left to me only, the second home was left to myself and my only sibling. Before the probate passed the ownership of the home left to me and my sibling, my sibling passed away, leaving apprx. $18,500 in debts to medical institutions, such institutions had n...
08/18/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Oklahoma | #22955How Do I Settle an Estate if the Successors are Out of the Country?
Ex-husband died without will or durable power of attorney & estate less than $1000 in various banks. ALL legal successors are in INDIA and cannot come to USA. How do they collect this money to pay off his credit card debt of $1300
08/18/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: California | #22943How Do I Qualify for Small Estate Administration in Florida?
My friend passed away at a hospice facility after a long stay at a nursing home and left a hand written will signed in front of two witnesses that was written out by me at her direction and statement because she was unable to write due to illness.Aside from just personal exempt items like the contents of her storage unit. And a bank account with less than $50.00 in it. She desi...
08/04/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Florida | #22825How do I transfer home of sister after her death in Arkansas?
My sister passed away. Her will includes me, a dear friend and a sister-in-law (now deceased). I am the executor of the will. I want to sell the house. Real Estate Agent says I need a 'Heirs Deed'. I have the regular deed. Is 'Heirs Deed' another name for 'Affidavit of Heirship'?
07/29/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Arkansas | #22785Do Stepchildren Have a Right to Inherit My Father's Property?
My father was married she passed away 8 years before him he was executor of her estate. He hired an attorney and probated her will in Solemn form in the probate courts in Georgia The probated will shows all her children wher notified and served 3 of the 4 signed 1 shows he was served two times by the sherrifs office never signed any paper work never contested in probate court....
07/17/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Georgia | #22685Can We Inherit the Car of the Deceased or Will a Car Be Used to Pay Creditors in Probate?
If a family member dies without a will or any assets other than a vehicle valued at less than $500, can it be inherited without also inheriting any debts of the deceased? We don't have the title and would need to get it replaced and then have all the heirs sign it over to the one person we understand. We just don't want to inherit medical debt as well, etc.
07/13/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Arkansas | #22656What is the Statute of Limitations for Probate in Texas if the Will is Lost?
Estate question. If a will supposedly did exist but now is lost or being concealed, it has been five and a half years, and the will was never admitted to probate, can I, son of the decedent, proceed to probate as if no will will exists? There is a house involved that needs to be sold for taxes.Please advise.
07/07/2010 | Category: Wills and Es... » Probate | State: Texas | #22610