I want to say my spouse can inherit an asset from my parents if I am already dead, but if she re-marries the asset has to go to my kids, not the new husband or their kids? What legal terminology can be used for that? To say it another way, my wife and I have kids. When my dad dies there will be an asset willed to me. If I am already dead my wife can
When someone does not want to be an executor of a will can they appoint someone else in their place ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: If you don’t want to serve as executor, you can decline to sign. The will should have an alternate Person Representative listed. If there is no alternate, the state has a statute which spells out who in the family has priority to serve as PR. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on
It is complicated because my sister’s name is on the deed to the property as well as mine. She is not a resident here and I own 2/3 of the property, inherited from our Grandparents. She is a HOARDER and the amount of stuff she has packed onto the property is affecting my way of life here. I have asked her several times to remove the hoard of her and her boyfriends stuff from the property
Spouse receives military pension and social security retirement. He is physically disabled with dementia ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: I believe your question is: After Dad goes into a nursing home, will Mom have enough money to live? As your dad was a veteran, you should look into getting into a VA nursing home. It is my understanding that there is a long wait list but is free. If you dad goes into a regular nursing and
My parents home was only in my father’s name. He passed away 7 years ago, leaving his estate to my mother, per his will. She continued to make the monthly mortgage payments and nobody every mentioned anything to her. Now, her mortgage has been transferred to a new loan company they’re saying she needs to get the deed put into her name. She’s struggling with money at this time and the people she keeps trying to
My father (who is divorced from my mother) lived in a different house with his girlfriend for a long time, but never legally wed. The girlfriend’s family gave me some electronic equipment (iphone/laptop) but don’t have the passwords to access it. The girlfriend’s family does not want us to review any “paperwork”, because my father and his girlfriend had joint investment accounts. My sister who once stayed in that house for family visits & is first
I’m not interested in keeping the home. I have become the homeowner now that she had passed. ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: As long as you have title, you may sell the property. However, if the caretaker refuses to leave, you will be forced to evict the caretaker. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on LinkedIn Legal Disclaimer: Please note that this answer does not constitute legal advice, and should not be relied on since each situation
My husband was expecting that an inheritance from his mother that passed away the previous year, but now my husband has passed away. So what happens with that inheritance? Does it go to me? Does it go to my daughter? How does that work? ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU: Ahh, the dreaded probate with a probate. Your mother-in-law’s will might have a survivorship clause whereby the beneficiaries must survive her by a certain amount of time. Typically,
Spouse purchased property during our marriage but my name was not on the deed or mortgage. The only thing I care about is that my son has a place to live if I’m not around, that he inherits half. I think that tenancy by entirety means spouse gets 100%, son 0%? Is that what the deed currently is by default? Does a TIC allow my son to get 50%? Is there some way to make sure
My grandmother died in 2016 and at the time she had a boyfriend living with her. Never married and never had a will. My grandmother has three children, two of which do not care what happens with the property. The boyfriend is still living there and we are wanting to sell the land. Legally, what are our options? My mom has the original deed to the property and paid property taxes for three years after she
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