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answered on Sep 29, 2013
The set aside without administration procedure is used in Nevada for estates not more than $100,000. A petition is filed. Then a case number is assigned. Then a Notice of Hearing is submitted--the procedure varies by judicial district--then notice of the hearing and the Petition are mailed to... View More 
Both my daughter & her husband died at the same day.The husband does not have living parents, I am the next od kin.Can I file for probate with out a lawyer. I don't have enought money?
answered on Sep 29, 2013
If your daughter's estate is worth less than $20,000 you should not need a lawyer. If it is worth more, most people need a lawyer, but the lawyer can paid out of the estate. However, you are not next of kin of your son in law. If there is no will your son in law's property goes to his... View More
answered on Sep 29, 2013
Only if he mentioned you in his will or only If he had no will and his estate was over $100,000.
answered on Jun 22, 2012
If they were your properties, that is, if the County Recorder showed that you were the owner, then your wife's quit claim deed to her grandson would not be valid. If the properties were owned by the two of you jointly, then her deed to her grandson, at best, could only give him a half interest.
answered on May 18, 2011
One of the biggest reasons for getting a trust is to avoid probate which is an expensive, time consuming process, even if it is uncontested and you hire a discount probate firm such as my firm of Reed & Mansfield in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Any properly set up and funded trust avoids... View More
answered on Jan 15, 2011
Often property is held by husband and wife a joint tenants. If this is the case, when the man dies the wife automatically owns it all.
If the man held the property in just his name and died without a will the property would be distributed--after someone initiated a probate... View More
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