You would have to create the document on the numbered pleading paper and file it with the court responding to the additional information needed by the court. It needs to be signed and verified in order to be accepted. Here is a link to a sample :... View More

The person that is holding the original will has 30 days to file the original with the county probate clerk in the county that the decedent was residing in at the time of his or her death. If they do not file within the 30 day period you can petition the court to force the person to file it.

Did you grandmother leave any will or trust documents that control the distribution of grandmother's estate assets? If so, you would have to review those documents to see if there is language in the documents that says what happens to a beneficiary's share of the estate if they die before... View More

I recommend that you meet with a probate attorney in your area because you will need to file a petition either for Probate or for Determination of Succession to Real Property (which petition is needed will be determined by the value of the real property) and you might even have to end up filing a... View More

If the estate is being administered through the probate court you need to be appointed by the court and have Letters issued. Once that has been done, then the vehicle would need to be valued by the probate court referee. Only then would you be able to sell the vehicle. Also, please note, there are... View More

401k and life insurance are beneficiary controlled - meaning if there is a surviving named beneficiary, then those types of accounts do not have to go through probate. However, if there is no beneficiary named, or the beneficiary named does not survive, then if the total assets are more than $150k... View More

As a beneficiary you have the right to petition the court for instructions and to force the trustee to take action. If the trustee has also breached their duties, you could in the same petition ask to have the trustee removed and/or ask for damages against the trustee.

If you haven't... View More

Most probate documents are part of the public record, including the deceased person's last will and testament. It would be attached as an exhibit to the Petition for Probate that is filed to start a probate case. Also, the original Will is required to be filed with the Probate Clerk in the... View More

Your mother can give any individual person up to $14,000 in any calendar year without having to report the gift to the IRS - meaning no 709 gift tax return to be filed and no gift tax to be paid for up to that amount. If she gives more than the $14,000 in any calendar year, she will have to report... View More

Generally speaking, your father can leave his assets to whomever he chooses and can exclude whomever he chooses. He does not have an obligation to make beneficiaries equal unless he had previously made a contract to create a will and leave the assets a particular way.

The original Last Will and Testament is required to be lodged with the county probate clerk in the county where the deceased person lived at the time of his or her death. If the value of the assets that are being controlled by the Will is more than $150,000 then the person nominated as the executor... View More

A nomination in a Will is simply that, a nomination. The nephew can opt out by signing a Decline to Act document. If there is an alternate executor named in the Will that person would have the next priority to act. If not, then the Probate Code will control who has the next priority.