Estates

it was hard to collect the tax, so the state followed the feds by repealing the inheritance tax laws and inacting an estate tax. basically the tax was paid by the estate before it was distributed to the heirs

Yes. There is a lot of work involved in being a trustee. The trustee needs to keep an account of all the money coming into the trust and all the money going out. The trustee must be extremely careful to not co-mingle their own funds with the funds of the trust or pay any of their own bills with trust funds. The account books for the trust should be made available to the trustor and the beneficiaries of the trust.

Generally, under most state laws of intestacy, if your mother died without a will her children would share equally if there is no surviving spouse. You can check the laws of intestacy for your state at the related question link provided below.

You need to petition the court to be appointed the Administrator of the estate. If there are other heirs-at-law, debts, real property and other assets you should also consult with an attorney who specializes in probate law.

No

All the property a person owns makes up their estate.

The maximum deduction for a charitable bequest of the residuary estate is reduced by taxes and administrative expenses.

A decedent's estate is made up of any property they owned at the time of death.

Mary Ambrose did receive a small inheritance from The Estate of Robert Palmer. It was under $20,000.00. She did try to contest the will in French Courts on the grounds that the will was tampered with. The court did not have enough evidence to to proceed with the case and dismissed the case as "without merit."

No

Generally, in the US, the heir would need to be appointed the representative of the estate and issued letters of administration by a probate court. The letters would provide the authority to access the records of the decedent.

When the principal has died the Power of Attorney is extinguished. If you want to settle the estate of the decedent you must petition the probate court to be appointed the administrator of the estate if there is no will.

by law they cant, unless that deceased person left the car to the person who's trying to get it.

the third estate, who were poor had to pay most of the taxes while the nobles and the clergy only payed a few of the taxes

Instead of using frances money to solve their problems, King Louis frivolously squandered it on fighting costly wars the they never won or on buying luxuries for Marie - Antoinette.

They were forced to do military service.

They could not own land or places of position such as officers in the army.

La Noche is the Spanish of night. The general meaning of noche is night or nighttime, or evening. Its synonyms are oscuridad, tinieblas, sombra.

• You can leave the money to your one grandchild 'In Trust' with instructions. The mother then must prove that all monies given from the Trust Fund are spent on your grandson by giving receipts of purchases if necessary. If your oldest grandson is a minor then no, you shouldn't leave the money to him to disperse to the one younger grandson.
  

No. A spouse has no right to any interest in their husband's or wife's inheritance.

In most States in the event of the death of either husband or wife their estate automatically passes to the surviving spouse. There are other states that allow other immediate family other than the surviving spouse to lay claim on assets if the deceased did not have a legal will. If the husband or wife has a legal will that designates the inheritance or other property or possessions to other family members/people, the surviving spouse may contest the will but that is usually not very successful in most cases.

Regarding marital assets and divorce: most states consider an inheritance separate property and not part of the marital assets as long as the recipient keeps it separate.

Debtors can go after the assets of the estate. These assets will have to be liquidated to settle the debts.

nah

My best friends mother passed away last August. She had spoke of a life insurance policy that she had taken on herself years before she passed away,however no one in the family knows how to locate it. What steps do the family need to take to find this insurance policy?

The right to invade requires a standard of what is reasonably necessary.

Only if the will of the deceased asked for this to be done.

Contact your state Board of Bar Overseers immediately and make a complaint. They should investigate the situation on your father's behalf to make sure the POA was legally executed and valid. If they will not act quickly then you should consult with an attorney who can review the situation and determine what your options are.

It is possible for Revenue Canada to freeze a person's bank account. This includes both single and joint bank accounts.