Why do you need this information 60 years after the fact? Are you questioning an estate distribution from 1964? I am not a PA lawyer so I cannot speak to PA law, but in most jurisdictions—such as Maryland where you posted this question—there is a statute of limitations for contesting an estate... View More

Absent a pre- or postnuptial agreement that provides otherwise, a spouse has the right to reject whatever they are receiving under the deceased spouse’s will and elect their statutory share. The old law used to be a straight 1/3 to 1/2 (depending on whether there are minor children involved) of... View More

If your name is on the title, it’s your car, and you can take it any time you choose. Unless she paid you an agreed price to buy it from you, she has no “equitable” legal claim to try and keep it. The MVA and the courts will only recognize the owner whose name appears on the title. If both... View More

Your description is too convoluted to make any sense out of it, and you are confused about the significance and relevance of being on the mortgage versus having an ownership interest in real property.

Whoever is listed on the deed is an owner. Being on obligor on the mortgage does not... View More

It depends on how the co-ownership is designated on the deed.

Title to real property can be held as “tenants in common” (TC) or as “joint tenants with right of survival” (JT). If the deed does not state specifically that two or more titled owners are “tenants in common” then... View More

Anybody can sue anybody for anything, and the person being sued will have to defend. There are various means and legal theories to pierce the company veil and reach the owner, but they all depend on a set of facts that your post doesn’t detail. You want a whole dissertation on all the ways the... View More

The best option is if he is mentally competent enough to sign a power of attorney that has a robust business management power section. If he is not mentally competent, then you will need to petition for guardianship. It is possible to do so on an emergency basis if there is an emergency, but it... View More

How much money is it worth to spend in order to get a birth certificate of a deceased ancestor? What information is on the birth certificate that you cannot obtain anywhere else?

If you must have it, then you file a "Petition for Appropriate Relief" in the Circuit Court where you... View More

(1) I assume you asked the co-trustee who resigned if they have a copy of the trust, or when they last saw a copy or who last had it; if not, start there, and then go back in time to the families of each prior trustee, if any, and ask about old paper files still in existence, that might contain a... View More

The Register of Wills will automatically convert the proceedings to Judicial Probate, and schedule a hearing to determine which Will is valid. You will likely be converted from a PR to a Special Administrator, which limits what you can do, pending determination by the court as to which will is the... View More

First, your husband needs a lawyer. Second, you can only do two things: communicate to the State’s Attorneys Office your desire to not go forward with charges against your husband and your intent to invoke your privilege not to testify against your spouse; and then invoke your privilege on the... View More

Yes, but before you do so, make sure that the disclaimer achieves the results you want it to achieve. A disclaimer by law is treated as if the person disclaiming died before the decedent. If the Will directs that a deceased heir’s share be distributed “per stripes”, or by some other method,... View More

Unless the agreement included a date the person was to return the car back to you, and they deliberately failed to do so with the intent to deprive you of the vehicle, then there is no crime to report (theft or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle), so going to the police will not likely help,... View More

Perhaps there is a federal or state governmental agency that has regulatory authority to impose a fine or other sanction for failing to safeguard employees’ personally identifiable information. You would need to consult an employment lawyer in your area as to the existence of such a legal... View More

The regulations governing the adjudication of claims against the Guaranty Fund specify the formulas to be used by the Commission when calculating an award for actual loss from the Guaranty Fund:

Unless it determines that a particular claim requires a unique measurement, the Commission shall... View More

If the deed is owned as joint tenants, then your husband is now the sole owner and the house is not an asset of his father’s estate, so it doesn’t matter what the Will says.

If the deed is owned as tenants in common, then your husband now owns 50% of the house outright, and the other... View More

I do not believe either provision in your contract is enforceable. The financial “penalty” of $2,500 smacks of an unenforceable penalty; however, if it is tied to an actual out-of-pocket cost to the employer, such as reimbursement for a paid training course the employer incurred to train you in... View More

Before you do this, consult an estate planning lawyer! First, you would be making a gift to your mother in excess of the federal gift tax exclusion for a single donee in one year, which may not be of any consequence depending on the total value of your estate by the time you die, but it will also... View More

I believe you mean a “probation before judgment” — there is nothing called a “pre-trial before judgment.” If you received a PBJ, then you will be eligible to expunge the record of the offenses from any background check. The date you can file for expungement is three years after your... View More

There is caselaw on this issue in Maryland, and as always, every case and contract turns on its peculiar facts and contract terms. If the cancellation fee (called “liquidated damages” in the law) exceeds a reasonable estimate of actual damages incurred, then it may be deemed an unenforceable... View More