Ask a Wills, Trusts, Probate Lawyer

What happens if a Will has the maker’s name spelled incorrectly?

My mom’s birth certificate and social security card is spelled “Winnifred” but she has went by “Winifred” all her life; her Will is now made…

If there is no advanced directive who has the legal right to pull the plug – the parents or the spouse?

Is it illegal for a person on disability to be an executor of their mother’s estate?

The disability is physical not mental.

What can we do if my mother-in-law just passed and my sister-in-law claims that there is an Will, however we cannot find one on file?

She is telling my husband that both parents left everything to her according to this “Will”. How can we administer an estate to probate on…

How do we claim the proceeds from my late father’s insurance policy?

I just received a letter from the state treasury department that said an unknown insurance policy from my father’s estate from 18 years ago, that…

If my brother passed away and left mortgage on his house, what is my responsibility for it and can I let it go back to the mortgage company?

What to do if my elderly mother had a Will, Trust and medical directives completed by an attorney in the state in which she resided but she now lives with me in another state?

Due to health issues she is living with me. Her house has been sold. Everything she owns is here. Being that my sister and myself…

If my cousin left everything to me in his Will but his mother is saying that she should get everything, legally who gets it all?

If my husband had a child from a previous marriage but lost all parental rights and the child was adopted by his ex-wife’s new husband, does this child have any rights to our estate?

This child has contacted him after 40 years.

If I lived with my boyfriend for 2 years but he died this past week, can his family come in and out of the house anytime they want while I’m still here?

We live in Michigan and as far as anyone knows he doesn’t have a Will. The day after he died his family was here going…