Question: I sold my apartment last year. My mother’s name was on the property because she helped me with the down payment and credit rating 30 years ago. The question is, did I inherit her half [...]

Question: I would like to know is there any benefit to probate litigation? I believe that the executor of my mother’s estate failed to act in the best interest of the beneficiaries in a [...]

Question: Is an independent administrator entitled to a 5% commission fee on the sale of a home when there was a real estate commission fee of 6% paid during the administration of the estate. [...]

Question: I’m the personal representative of my uncle’s estate. I’ve taken care of just about everything that needs to be done and would like to distribute the estate, but one [...]

Question: My 100-year-old mother formed an irrevocable trust for Medicaid-planning purposes back in 1997. It has a brokerage account that holds a T bill and some stocks. The stocks have a fairly [...]

Question: My father died in 2022. I was named the personal representative of his estate and sold his stock in his investment account in 2024 before distributing the proceeds to all my siblings. [...]

Question: If a disabled adult child clause has prohibited the Medicaid estate recovery on her dad’s estate, can the probate attorney who advised the sale of the property then divide the proceeds [...]

Question: Are There Capital Gains on Sale of Property in Revocable Trust After Grantor’s Death? My last surviving parent passed away in Massachusetts in December  2022. He held two [...]

Question: My deceased brother had $100,000 in UPS stock. As the administrator of his estate, I liquidated the stock and placed the proceeds in an account for distribution to the heirs. What would [...]

Question: My father died intestate many years ago, leaving a number of TXI stocks to his heirs: my mother, who has since also passed away, and six children. TXI split  several times  before [...]