Astatula, FL Estate Planning Law Firms & Lawyers

I give new clients a free 30 minute initial consultation. If you bring me the document, I should be able to determine whether the trust is revocable or irrevocable. If it is revocable, and you are the person with that power, then you can make any changes to the trust that you want to, including amendment of the successor trustees.

In general, you do not want to be gifted a home that has gone up in value since your parents bought it. If they do give it to you and you sell it at a later date, you will pay capital gains tax on the difference between what you sell it for and what your parents paid for it. If you inherit the property through a will (subject to probate) or better yet a living trust (no probate), your basis (what the IRS considered you paid for the property) in the property will be whatever the property is worth when you Mom passes and thus if you sell it, you will owe little if any capital gain tax (unless the property goes up in value after your Mom passes).

Yes, you have a right to read the Will. As far as "representing your mother," it is unlikely that that is necessary. You would be representing your own interests in the estate, if any. Keep in mind that the Will only applies to "probate assets." These are assets that are titled in your grandmother's name alone, with no joint owners or beneficiaries. If there are no such assets, then the Will is irrelevant.