Cumberland Legacy Law* provides the highest quality Estate Planning for clients in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Tennessee. Whether you need a sophisticated strategy for minimizing or avoiding estate taxes and providing maximum possible asset protection, or just a simple will or trust to ensure your assets are distributed in accordance with your wishes, or anything in between, we are here to help you and your loved ones.
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Nina Whitehurst, the owner of Cumberland Legacy Law, is a member of Wealth Counsel, Elder Counsel and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, all national estate planning attorney organizations. She is continually upgrading and updating her knowledge of estate planning law through seminars and being an active member of several estate planning attorney email list serves. Her husband, Brian Whitehurst, is the firm's marketing coordinator. Nina Lamothe is the firm's documentation paralegal.
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- Q. How can I transfer my deceased father's car title to my name?
- A: You might try an affidavit of heirship. Your county clerk should have a form you can use. It does need to be notarized. This works best if your father was single when he passed and you are his only child and the vehicle was his only asset when he passed. If that is not the case, then you might end up needing to hire an attorney to help you probate his estate.
- Q. How do I assume a mortgage? I inherited deed to a home.
- A: You have no obligation to assume the mortgage. But do keep making the payments to avoid foreclosure. If you want to obtain information about the loan that you are lacking, then write a letter to the lender enclosing your mom’s death certificate and documentation that you inherited and tell them that you are claiming “successor in interest” status. The lender will be obligated to recognize you as the party entitled to information AND the lender may NOT insist that you assume the loan.
- Q. How to appoint our sons as co-executors of our irrevocable trust?
- A: Your question cannot be answered without reviewing the trust instrument. Not all irrevocable trusts are the same. Some allow the grantors to remove, replace, appoint trustees. Some do not. And some give that authority to a trust protector rather than the grantors. And some only allow changes if there is an actual vacancies. In other words, they vary widely; there are no general rules.
Your best bet for accomplishing this is to contact the attorney that drafted the trust for you. If that is not possible, then make an appointment with an attorney experienced with irrevocable trusts to review the trust and advise you.
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