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What is the name of your state? Iowa My question is, should I approve the application for fees for the executor and estate attorney before all of the estate's business has been completed? I am one of two beneficiaries to my mother's estate. The other beneficiary is my estranged brother, and...

What is the name of your state? Iowa I am one of two beneficiaries in my mother's estate. All assets have been distributed except the proceeds of a personal injury lawsuit that she brought prior to her death. The lawsuit has now been settled and the lawyer for the estate wants to distribute...

What is the name of your state? Iowa When my mother passed away last summer, she was in the middle of a personal injury lawsuit. She was the injured party and instituted the lawsuit. My estranged brother is executor of the estate. He and I are the sole beneficiaries of the estate. He was...

What is the name of your state? Iowa When my mother passed away last summer, she was in the middle of a personal injury lawsuit. She was the injured party and instituted the lawsuit. My estranged brother is executor of the estate. He and I are the sole beneficiaries of the estate. He was...

What is the name of your state? Iowa My question is regarding the contents of a lockbox which I jointly leased with my mother and brother. My mother passed away and my brother and I are the only heirs. He is executor of the will. Her assets were left in a trust which will divide 50/50...

What is the name of your state? Iowa Almost 2 years ago my then 89 year old mother was knocked down by a malfunctioning automatic door when exiting her doctor's office. She broke her hip and spent 5 months hospitalized recovering. She was then released to a nursing home for rehabilitative...

What is the name of your state? Iowa Mother and a son are Joint Owners of family home with right of survivorship. Son lives in the home alone. He was placed on the deed when father died. No sum of money changed hands. Automobile is registered to mother and same son. Mother purchased the...

What is the name of your state? Iowa My in-law's were very generous people and established a pattern of gift giving to their only heirs, my husband, myself and my brother-in-law.(There are no other spouses, children or grandkids.) Over a period of many years they would annually gift each of...