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Q&A with Loraine: I am inheriting life insurance proceeds. Should I use them to pay my brother’s debts or help my brother’s son?
January 18, 2023
Question: My brother passed away, and I am inheriting the proceeds from his life insurance policy. Am I responsible for paying off my brother’s debts? ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My mom has stage 4 cancer. What does she need to do before she dies? Will her assets be left to me (her only child) or her spouse (my stepfather)?
January 2, 2023
Question: My mom has stage 4 cancer. What does she need to do before she dies? Will her assets be left to me (her only ...
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Q&A with Loraine: If a person only has a few thousand dollars in the bank and no other assets, should you still file probate if they have a Will?
December 19, 2022
Question: If a person only has a few thousand dollars in the bank and no other assets, should you still file probate if they have ...
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Q&A with Loraine: What legal form do I need to remove four deceased siblings from a family deed, while three siblings remain?
December 15, 2022
Question: What legal form do I need to complete to remove four deceased siblings from the family deed, yet leave my three remaining siblings? Loraine’s ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Trusts, Wills and Probate
November 21, 2022
Question: My friend, Pete, just lost his mother. He is having a difficult time knowing what to do about her estate because it involves a ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My grandmother and mother have both died. What do I tell the mortgage loan people?
October 10, 2022
Question: I’m paying the mortgage on our family home. The mortgage loan company wants my grandmother to respond but she and my mother are both ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My father has Parkinson’s and dementia. He promised me his car but my uncle has sold it. How can I get it back?
September 26, 2022
Question: My father has Parkinson’s and dementia. He promised me his car but my uncle has sold it. How can I get it back? Background: ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Bequeathed Item
September 13, 2022
Question: What is the best way to sell real property bequeathed but never transferred to an heir who later died intestate? Background: The Will of ...
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