Templeton, CA Estate Planning Law Firms & Lawyers

Sounds like you are a bit impatient re the closing of the California estate. The estate in New York needs to be closed first, including the collection of the New York judgment, i.e. foreclosing on the New York property and selling the same. The attorney in California is right to not front the money for the New York matter; that is the job of the executor, and in this case the beneficiaries of the California estate should sign their consent to the expenditure for New York estate foreclosure, or the attorney in California can and should pursue California court authority as to how to proceed before spending any California funds on the New York matter. Of course you could advance the necessary funds out of your own pocket to speed the process.

If she gave you a necklace, I don't see how he can take it, other than ripping it off of your neck or taking it from your drawer. If she gave you a parcel of real property by giving you a deed, and you had the deed recorded, I don't see how he can do it unless he can convince a court that you were engaged in wrongdoing. But if she gave you a house by saying, "It's all yours; go ahead and move in," without doing appropriate documentation, then you're out of luck.

Obtain the assistance of an estate planning lawyer to prepare a trust for you and transfer you assets into the trust; an estate plan should include a trust, a pour over will, power of attorney, advance healthcare directive, and transfer documents into the trust.