baquerd posted:

How much process and cost is involved in giving a baby up for adoption?

Phil Moscowitz posted:

Is it unethical for a lawyer who knows his client is innocent to allow the client to plead guilty and, in doing so, be placed under oath and participate in a plea colloquy wherein he professes guilt? Isn’t that perjury?

Lol

euphronius posted:

Also no doubt Cicero and JC had dozens of Greek slaves to help them with the motion work and business side of being s Roman lawyer.

Javid posted:

I'm on mobile right now but somebody post the "University of American Samoa?!?" rant from Better Call Saul

baquerd posted:

Suppose a lawyer with their own practice as a sole owner prepared a document such as a will, and then died. Later, the document turns out to be improperly prepared with substantial damages to the estate. Is there recourse, assuming the practice is now defunct and inoperative?

euphronius posted:

One in this situation could sue his or her estate as liability can arguably be personal.

However if the estate is closed good luck.

This is a good reason to always have your will updated by the way (say every five years)

And if the lawyer who wrote your will dies for the love of god get a new lawyer.

blarzgh posted:

I bill my life one quarter hour at a time.

blarzgh posted:

There's only like a handful of those states left so you're fine unless you live in (rolls 6-sided dice of lovely states) Louisiana or Alabama??

EugeneJ posted:

Hi!

I'm in NY here - my dad and I are beneficiaries of my grandfather's estate who passed away recently. Per his will, my dad gets 30% of the estate, I get 10%, and my uncle gets 60%.

HERE'S WHERE THINGS GET FUN

My uncle gained power of attorney from my grandfather in 2016 and moved in to take care of him at that point. The current will was amended in 2011. The prior will saw my father and uncle share the estate 50/50, and I would inherit some valuable jewelry (this was all revealed to me today).

My father and grandfather had some differences, so the change is understandable.

In 2016 when my grandfather started to decline in health, my grandfather's house was changed to "Living Trust" on the city property records, with my uncle named to receive the house after my grandfather died. When my father mentioned noticing this after googling property assessments in late 2016, my uncle got very defensive and cited the change as "a mistake".

My father and uncle have had a testy relationship, but my father basically ceded "well your uncle should have the house because he took care of grandpa".

The will has been filed in probate and my father and uncle are meeting with a lawyer this week. My father is afraid to challenge my uncle on anything, but as far as he knows, my uncle is going to try and be appointed executor of the will. My uncle has also tried to say that the property inside my grandfather's house (where he now lives) will only be part of the estate "if he says so" (lol). That includes the expensive jewelry.

Now - here's the thing. As it stands, I stand to gain 10% of the estate, including the judgment from a pending negligence lawsuit against a nursing home where my grandfather was injured.

I was not invited to the meeting with the lawyer and have not seen the will, but my father has. My uncle has not yet told me about any of this.

Do I have a case by saying my uncle may have had my grandfather sign over the house into a Living Trust under duress in 2016 to shelter it from probate? For all I know, my uncle forged the paperwork.

Really don't want to nuke our family over this, but if I'm supposed to be getting 100k from this instead of 1k...gently caress it

Wondering what kind of attorney I would contact/where to begin

Thanks guys

Bloodfart McCoy posted:

Trust question.

My grandma is 93 years old and I just found out she doesn’t have a trust for her estate. She asked about creating one. How long after a trust is created would her assets be protected from situations like death, hospitalization, or nursing home costs?

She thinks she may be too old to establish trust now and it would just be a waste of time if she would have to wait two or three years for the trust to fully protect her estate.

She owns a house and has various CD’s and investments.

sephiRoth IRA posted:

mercenarynuker posted:

Kimsemus posted:

dress like you can pay

dads friend steve posted:

Dumb question but here goes:

You’re always told to never talk to cops. Invoke your right to silence and ask when you can talk to your lawyer. But if I’m just some regular person who doesn’t actually have any prior relationship with a lawyer, how does that work?

It always seems like”here’s why you should never talk to the police” spiels skip over that bit

Modus Pwnens posted:

Why use legal shield when you can get real Legal Advice from Real Lawyers for free in this very thread

Devor posted:

And is there a more hardcore legal doctrine than that one

VanSandman posted:

What's the most ridiculous thing a client has ever wanted to bring a case over that you personally have witnessed?

toplitzin posted:

What's the point of an Alford Plea?

It looks really bad, all the evidence would convince just about anyone, so I'm going to plead guilty but dammit I'm innocent and I want the record to show it.

Is that about right?

euphronius posted:

Yes

SkunkDuster posted:

Go on....

SkunkDuster posted:

How would you even enforce such a thing? Would you have to go with the son on a john boat midnight ride, or would you just take his word for it that he spread the ashes as his dad wished?

RazNation posted:

Somebody should be able to correct me if I am wrong but here goes.

Your grandmother died first so all of her 'stuff' belongs to your grandfather..........if they were legally married. I don't know why they named your mother Exec if your grandfather was still alive unless he agreed to it. But he should be the person who receives all of her property (unless I am missing something here)

Then your grandfather passes away. In their will, they state that they want your mother to be Executor. Since there is two people listed here, it looks like they are treating it as two-party estate.

Since both of their names are on the title of the car, they both would have had to sign the title to the new owner. This means that the new owner would need to have a copy of both testamentary of your mom to show BMV.

However the bigger issue I see here is that your mom was in charge of your grandparents estate (property) so I don't see how you could sell the car that you do not own or have the right to sell in the first place....unless it was under the direction of your mom.

Mr. Nice! posted:

It won't. Indiana law will and may have significant differences. Estates are extremely state specific and if there are questions you should consult with an attorney in your jurisdiction.