While she was still with us, our mother signed over the deed to her home to all 5 offspring jointly. We created a joint trust with the house as the only asset, with all five siblings as joint trustees. A few year later, we are now selling the property with the proceeds to be divided evenly among...

Paid for Sister-in-laws Ca. divorce 2 yrs ago. And many mortgage payments to help the family in the last 5 yrs. Lending over 20K. Just found out that she re-financed the home with her ex-husband! They took out 25K to fix and repair damage to the home done by their adult children. Now once repairs...

I rented a storage unit and allowed a friend to use the unit. Told the friend to remove property by a certain time. (all of this is verbal) The friend was supposed to pay half and never did. I closed the unit recently and they contacted me for return of their property threatened to file a police...

If your assets are held in a trust account in the bank, can that account be levied due to a judgement? Or does the Trust protect you like a corporate account does?

I am a beneficiary to my deceased mother's trust. My brothers feel they have paid me in full for my interests in the remainder of the trust's assets, which includes a half section of property in CA. They have told me that I will have to sue the Trust if I am planning to get any further...