yes
She could file a claim against the estate for the unpaid balance, if any, of support that accrued while the children were minors. There is no statute of limitations on collecting past-due child support.
No. Unless you agreed in writing to be responsible for your mother's debts, her estate will be responsible. If there is no estate the creditors are out of luck.
If they were still married at the time of his death and his families estate is already in probate. If not, it will depend on the wording of the bequest.
Even sole custody fathers can be ordered to pay child support, when they earn more than the mother. see links
Whether you have an interest in your father's real estate depends on how he and his wife held title to the property. You should direct your questions to the attorney who is handling the estate. If the estate is being probated your step mother is obligated to follow the provisions of the will or the state laws of intestacy to the letter.
No, the father must support his previous child. You knew this when you had a new child with him.
Yes, but he should go for custody.
Each estate must be separately administered. Fathers creditors will need to be paid from father's estate, necessary tax forms will be filed. Father's estate will need to be distributed according to the father's will, i.e., the residual to the surviving spouse. The estate of the spouse is then probated by the administrator of the wife's estate, as required by the wife's creditors and heirs.
Each estate must be separately administered. Fathers creditors will need to be paid from father's estate, necessary tax forms will be filed. Father's estate will need to be distributed according to the father's will, i.e., the residual to the surviving spouse. The estate of the spouse is then probated by the administrator of the wife's estate, as required by the wife's creditors and heirs.
The power of attorney expired on his death. In most cases the spouse gets the estate if there is no will.
Until paternity is established the birth mother is considered to hold sole custody of a minor child. For a father to have custodial or visitation rights it must be agreed on by the mother of the child or through the prescribed court procedures by means of a lawsuit.
If back child support was owed at the time of the mother's death then any payments still owed would be paid to her estate to then be distributed to her heirs.