He is step father. He claimed my kids and plans on keeping it all.
answered on Feb 24, 2020
Does stepfather supply more than half of their support?
Is there in existence a written agreement as to who claims the deduction?
Has a court made an order re who may claim the deduction?
The lawyer needs more facts to answer.
What can we do
answered on Feb 23, 2020
NO WILL, then typically all assets go to the children in equal shares.
All liabilities, including taxes must be paid FIRST. Then, the remaining assets go to the children. If there are any predeceased children, then typically their heirs at law take their shares. Every state is not exactly... View More 
How is this legal, given the fact that Lyft does not disclose the full fare amount to the driver? Drivers are "agreeing by contract" to pay taxes on an unknown amount? How is this even close to legal? If state tax is included, a driver can pay more than 50% of their actual income to... View More
answered on Feb 23, 2020
It all depends on what is being deducted from the Lyft driver's gross income. If it is something that the employer is required by law to deduct, then most likely the Lyft driver will need to report the gross amount, not just the net amount received by the driver. That of course is true of all... View More
My mother, a California resident, passed away recently and named me Executor in her Will. My brother, sister, and I all get 1/3rd per the Will. The value of the estate is less than $25,000. I started receiving several small-dollar checks in my mother’s name (not sure what to do with them), and... View More
answered on Feb 16, 2020
NO. Use a separate account for all of your mother's money, so you can account for it (every penny) this is money which you hold as a fiduciary.
Just wondering if attorneys will be willing to write petition for me because I tried but it doesn't sound as nicely like when a lawyer writes it.
answered on Dec 3, 2019
It's a very technical area. In my opinion you should use a probate attorney.
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