There might be liability for the bank. But, you can also sue and get a lien on the property. If you want the tree out, call 311 and see if the City will do it and put a repair lien on the property.

Short answer is no. Without an accounting proceeding how do you know there was wrongdoing? The expense of the accounting is borne by the estate off the top, not your son's half. And, if there was wrongdoing, the executor can be surcharged a penalty for the wrongdoing. Asking for an... View More

It should definitely not take this long. You can view the Surrogate's Court and Supreme Court dockets online to know where you stand.

Make a motion to vacate the judgment. That will get their attention.

What you want to do is a short sale. The bank needs to approve it. Likely not worth your time or money.

Check his mail. Check his credit report. Check his tax return. You can also hire a private investigator service.

Like a pre-nup, a post-nup must be acknowledged (which is a notary, but a certain format), and comply with other requirements. Thus, if this one is not notarized, it fails.

Call "311" and have the Department of Buildings issue violations. You cannot be evicted while violations are present.

No. The notary is actually notarizing the witnesses, so it would be notarizing yourself.

There is a form of Administrator's Deed. That is what you need.

The matter will be governed by your divorce decree. It should have specified who gets the income and who has to pay.

First, pay the mortgage if you want the house. The bank will take money from anywhere. Just pay. To transfer title, subject to seeing the current deed, you are going to have to form an estate for your father, get Surrogate Court letters, and then do a deed to the three of you.

You do not need to administer your mother's estate. There is a procedure for the creditor to petition the Public Administrator to administer your mother's estate to get paid. It is true that your mother's estate is a beneficiary of your father.

It depends what the partnership agreement provides. There are different structures that could be pursued.

Contact the brokerage company to see if there is a beneficiary designation on the account. If so, the beneficiary gets the money. If not, the estate gets the money. Your Danish papers may be good enough to collect.

It depends on whether the dismissal is with prejudice (cannot bring again) or without prejudice (can bring again). If silent, it is without prejudice.

If you have enough money that it is worth opening a trust, you have enough money to pay a lawyer to do it right. No lawyer is going to recommend an online form.

Yes, each tenant and occupant must be independently named and served in the notice, and the landlord/tenant case once commenced.

If the house was held as tenants by entireties, i.e. as husband and wife, it passes by operation of law to your step mother. The letter is worthless. The will would be irrelevant as to the house. You would have to be legally evicted, but she could do it.

Technically, yes. Realistically, no. Do not worry about it as to the car.