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Estate planning attorneys help individuals prepare for the management and distribution of their assets after death or incapacitation. They create legal documents such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives. Their work ensures a client’s wishes are honored, minimizes potential taxes, and simplifies the process for their loved ones.

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What are the risks of being a beneficiary with a trustee you can't trust?

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Answered by attorney Jayne L. Sebby (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Jayne L. Sebby
You have a couple of options: 1) You can try to convince your partner to name someone other than his sister to serve as trustee, or 2) The trust document should be carefully drafted to explain exactly when and how the assets should be distributed to you (for example, X dollars transferred to your checking account on the first of every month to be used for Y expenses but not Z expenses. Or you can refuse the assets of the trust altogether and live on your own income and/or savings.
You have a couple of options: 1) You can try to convince your partner to name someone other than his sister to serve as trustee, or 2) The trust document should be carefully drafted to explain exactly when and how the assets should be distributed to you (for example, X dollars transferred to your checking account on the first of every month to be used for Y expenses but not Z expenses. Or you can refuse the assets of the trust altogether and live on your own income and/or savings.
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Can I still receive my share of money from a Will?

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Answered by attorney Brian Haggerty (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Minor, Bandonis & Haggerty P.C.
Probably not. Power of attorney doesn't do anything after a person dies was there a will? Was there a probate? Or did your mom put everything in joint names with your sister (a common and disastrous plan)? At this point, you first have to find out what your mother had, and what happened to it. If I represented your sister, at the first hint of trouble from you I would respond "laches," which is a principle that if you let too much time go by before asserting your rights, you lose them. Really, after 12 years just finding records to determine what happened is going to be a chore.
Probably not. Power of attorney doesn't do anything after a person dies was there a will? Was there a probate? Or did your mom put everything in joint names with your sister (a common and disastrous plan)? At this point, you first have to find out what your mother had, and what happened to it. If I represented your sister, at the first hint of trouble from you I would respond "laches," which is a principle that if you let too much time go by before asserting your rights, you lose them. Really, after 12 years just finding records to determine what happened is going to be a chore.
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Will we have to pay our inheritance to the IRS because of back taxes? How?

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Answered by attorney Robert Ingham Long (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at The Law Office of Robert I. Long
Grandma's debts get paid out of her estate. The estate does not pay anyone else's debts. If your wife is entitled to a share, it will not be affected by her dad's tax mess, but if her dad is sole beneficiary the entire inheritance is exposed to the claims of his creditors the instant it becomes his money, maybe even before it reaches him.
Grandma's debts get paid out of her estate. The estate does not pay anyone else's debts. If your wife is entitled to a share, it will not be affected by her dad's tax mess, but if her dad is sole beneficiary the entire inheritance is exposed to the claims of his creditors the instant it becomes his money, maybe even before it reaches him.
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