Elder Law Answers
My father recently died, and my sister is executor of his estate. An attorney is in charge of the probate and waiting for all bills to come in before settling the estate. I cared for my father for the past...
Read moreWhen one sibling is an agent under an elderly parent's financial power of attorney (POA) and another sibling is an agent under the same elderly parent's medical POA, does probate law define the duty or relationship that must exist between...
Read moreI have both medical and durable power of attorney (POA) for my mother, who is living in a memory care facility. She has not been declared incompetent, but is obviously not competent anymore. She printed these POAs years ago with...
Read moreMy husband is the executor of the will of a recently deceased person. The decedent had no money or anything of value, and the deed to the house passed through right of survivorship. What do we need to do other...
Read moreI am the agent under a durable power of attorney (DPOA) executed in 2013. Is the document still valid if I move to another state?...
Read moreMy wife and I have are agents under my 86-year-old mother's durable power of attorney. We are her primary caregivers because she is not able to cook her own meals, clean her own home, do her own laundry, do grocery...
Read moreMy mother wants me to be her agent under a power of attorney, and I went online and found a form I can print up and take to a notary. Is this legal? ...
Read moreMy mother died 13 years ago. My brother has been in charge of her estate. He refuses to put her home up for sale, instead using the estate’s money to pay the upkeep on an empty house for 13 years.
Read moreI am an agent under my mom's power of attorney. Do I have the power to gift money in her place?...
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