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When do you need a lawyer re: a parent's will?

My mom plans to leave her house to my family (the other kids got land), but now, due to a long, stupid feud, two of my sisters are trying to get her to alter her will. One of them is her executor, to make it worse. She is afraid of them and keeps insisting everything's okay. But I don't trust them, for good reason. I've gone to legal advice sites but usually, nobody responds. Do I need a lawyer NOW?

Update:

Ahhh! Another troll in the bunch, Cliffie boy! Why don't YOU look at the categories and see that there IS no specific one for this!

As for "vultures", there is no "rule" about not knowing what's in a will--we're not rich! My mom wanted to do this--nobody forced her, at least not until the two sisters got involved!

Update 2:

TotalRecipeHound: - thanks! This is exactly what mom wanted to do...'til the 3 Sisters Ugly got their hooks in her. Now they say it "isn't fair" (they've already SOLD their land inheritance--but that doesn't seem to bother them), so who knows what'll happen?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yeah your moms going to need one against them.

  • 1 decade ago

    If your mom wants to guarantee that the house will go to your family, she needs to put it into a trust. You do not need a lawyer to put a home into a trust, but you do need to do research to determine if this is your best option and whether you want irrevocable or revocable. When you put the home into trust, you lose the homestead credit. However, the sisters can argue all they want about the will and nothing will change. You will still get the house.

    A living trust does several things. It allows your mom to retain ownership while she is alive, but yet she avoids probate after she is dead. In addition, a will can be thrown out by a judge, while a judge cannot undermine a living trust unless there is proof that she was mentally incompetent at the time to make a trust.

    Source(s): My house is in a trust so that it goes to my sister if I should die instead of my husband.
  • 1 decade ago

    OMG, the vultures are circling before the poor women is gone. If mom is smart, she will tear up that will, and get a lawyer to draw one up the way she wants it, and find another executor. The idea being that NONE of you should know what you will be getting, if anything, until she is gone and properly interred.

    Personally, the lot of you make a very good case for leaving everything to her favorite charity. Or pet.

  • Sue B
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes. I'd set up an appointment with one. Take mom along with her will. Get the advice from the attorney so you both know what the executor can and can't due. Maybe she'd be best off to name someone out of the family as execcetor.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    You need a lawyer yesterday. Especially if your mother is afraid of your sisters. You need to protect her too.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    nope, but when the will is done, just take it to the bank and claim your property, im so sorry about your mum mate.

  • LIPPIE
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    If there is trouble in paradise, then yes, because if you wait it will be to late to do anything about it.

  • Me
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    you don't, but your mom might...

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