Helping a parent or loved one who has dementia is always a challenging task. Considering and executing an estate plan for someone with a diminished capacity has an added element of difficulty. Depending on your loved one’s individual case, they may lack the legal ability to execute and sign vital estate planning documents like wills […]
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If you have questions about how the trustee of your family trust is acting, you may want to consider having them removed. However, removing a trustee can be a costly and challenging process. Once appointed, trustees have numerous rights and responsibilities. However, they typically do not have the right to quit being a trustee without
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A person can contest a will if they believe the person who executed it was suffering from dementia at the time. However, whether the testator’s dementia is sufficient to invalidate the will depends on many factors, such as the nature and severity of their dementia symptoms. Is a will legal if the person has dementia?
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Generally speaking, the executor of a will cannot take everything simply based on their status as executor. Executors are bound by the terms of the will and must distribute assets as the will directs. This means that executors cannot ignore the asset distribution in the will and take everything for themselves. However, if the executor
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An executor can override a beneficiary if they need to do so to follow the terms of the will. Executors are legally required to distribute estate assets according to what the will says. This means that if a beneficiary disagrees with the distribution in the will or other terms the executor can — and must
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If your loved one unexpectedly changed a will or trust, you might be wondering what to do. Or perhaps a family member recently passed away and the property distribution was drastically different from a previous estate plan, or what you were told to expect. These types of situations are highly sensitive and emotional, especially if
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