Question: I am the executor of my brother’s estate. My niece and I do not agree on one issue: her student loans. I spoke with a close family friend last night. We both agree that my brother [...]

Question: I am the executor of my mother’s will. I have 4 siblings that are living. When the will was written up my mother signed and the notary had my son and myself sign as witnesses, not [...]

Question: My cousin passed away and left an estate of $1.1 million plus. She had a current will which was conveniently missing at the time of her death due to shenanigans by the public guardian, [...]

Question: I am the trustee for my mother’s irrevocable trust. She passed in 2020. All the assets in the trust have been distributed to the four beneficiaries. The only asset remaining is a [...]

Question: My husband passed away. I owned stocks in only my name. Are the stocks part of his estate? Response: No. What’s yours is yours and what was his is in his estate. In terms of [...]

Question: My sister separated from her husband back in 2001 and never saw him again. They are technically still married. Now, even if she has her daughter as the sole beneficiary under her will, [...]

Question: I inherited lake shore property (vacant land–no house) that I am now selling. How do I figure the capital gains on the sale? Response: The capital gain will be the difference [...]

Question: A friend of mine passed away and had it in her will for her longtime friend who lives in Germany would be her executor and inherit her mobile home and belongings. But now someone from [...]

Question: I just read a story about Mary Jane’s estate which was divided among four siblings.  Our family also has four siblings. The difference is that our father is still living but has to move [...]

Question: I am the executor of an estate where I would like to liquidate some common stock in order to pay the New Jersey inheritance tax and distribute some cash legacies as specified in the [...]