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My father was a passenger in a fatal accident. I am the only surviving family member. What benefits am I entitled to?
If your father had a will, you may be named in the will. If your father did not have a will, you may inherit his estate through intestacy laws. If your father's estate has the right to recover in a civil suit because of the accident, you may be the appropriate party to bring that action.
My father made me joint owner of his property before he died and now my siblings want a share of his estate. What should I do?
If your father transferred his property to you and he as joint tenants with the right of survivorship his interest passed automatically to you when he died. You are the sole owner of his property and there is no estate that needs to be probated. He wanted you to own the property. You have the right to explain that to your siblings and turn down their requests for a share of his estate. Depending on the size of the estate, you could volunteer to share but no one has the right to demand a share.
What are your rights to your deceased father's estate if the father left the estate to his brother?
In most cases there will be none. The estate was left to the brother.
Can a half sister in her father share in her father estate?
Yes, a half sister can share in her fathers estate if she was the blood daughter of the father.
Which son of the feudal lord inherited the father's estate?
The first born son inherits the father's estate.
Can your children be beneficiary to your husbands estate?
Yes, if they are named in the will. Or if the will leaves the money to you or your descendants. If your husband is not their father, there is no automatic right to the property.
Is a daughter who was power of attorney prior to her father's death responsible to the IRS for his debt when there is no estate?
No. The father's estate is responsible for his debts. If there is no estate the creditor is out of luck.
Do grandkids get anymoney if their father dies before his father from estate?
It will depend on the specific wording of the will. In most cases they would get their father's share of the estate.
Father passed away and mother never opened estate Now mother is gone who is responsible for opening the estate of the father Will states everything is left to wife.?
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.
Father passed away and mother never opened estate Now mother is gone who is responsible for opening the estate of the father Will states everything is left to wife?
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.
Does a child have the right to inherit assets from his widowed father from his second marriage?
Inheritance is not necessarily a right. It is governed by the laws of the jurisdiction. Adult children don't have an automatic right to a part of the estate.
What are your rights to your deceased father's estate if the father left the estate to his second wife as executrix?
That will depend on what the will says. In most cases, the bulk of the of estate would be expected to go to the spouse.
