Recent content by mrslunar

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA My husband and I will be filing for divorce soon and we have two small sons. The reason that we are divorcing has to do with his mental health issues that he would not treat during the marriage. After we separated he went into therapy briefly...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA The house we rented was managed by a property manager. If it makes any difference, there was a property manager who was hired by the Trustee of the estate. The trustee of the estate, in turn, was hired by the owner (the man who inherited the...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California We moved into a rental home a year ago and the landlord never did a walk through with us, simply handed us the keys and we moved in. They also did not do a walk through when we moved out, simply asked us to return the keys. Are they...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA We moved into a house about a month ago that is a first time rental after having been lived in by the owner for 10 years. The central heat/air does not work properly. We've informed the landlord and they've sent the HVAC company they contract...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? we are in CA My FIL's will was entered into probate. His executor (his GF) hired an attorney who sent us a letter saying they are going to sell the house and his truck to cover debts and then distribute the money that is left. The house has a...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA Does anyone know if it's legal to buy a house, let it foreclose, and then buy it under a different name when it goes up for auction?

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA We are scheduled to attend the first probate hearing for my FIL's will tomorrow. His GF called us tonight to say that it's cancelled and that the court already found it to be valid. Does that happen? Is there any required notice if that is...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? ca Let me first just say how horrible it is to have to deal with this when you've lost a loved one. :( My FIL passed away in September. It took his girlfriend almost a month to produce the will and when she finally did, it appears that she...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA The executor of my FILs will filed the will and we have a initial hearing date set up for the middle of next month. We intend to contest the will and ask to have it thrown out. The executor will fight that. She's hired an attorney and we're...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA We inherited a home with a mortgage on it, and it may not be worth it to us to keep the home. My husband and his brother have been talking about just letting the bank take the house**************... If they do that, and it's a foreclosure...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I have the Nolo press book to probate in my state (CA) and it has a very small section on transfering automobiles and basically says that you can usually transfer an automobile in California without finishing probate, and the DMV will usually...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA We inherited a house we'd like to keep and we can financially make the payment on the mortgage. I have asked in the Wills and Estate forum but this seems to be more of a mortgage expert question... If we do want the house and it currently...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA My FIL passed away two weeks ago ish. The will has just been made availible to us, via a copy from his girlfriend/executor. A couple of questions: 1) It is a generic "fill in the blank" will from Socrates Media. It is for people who are...

inherited a house with a loan & LOTS of questions re: will What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA we've recently inherited a house with a loan against it...the executor is delaying the probate process, I guess because she thinks that her portion of the inheritance could be...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I am leasing a home that is being foreclosed on. I contacted the owner to see what she had to say about the foreclosure and she stated that the reason the loan shows as being in default is that when the mortgage rate adjusted, she wasn't...