Trusts

My mother was named trustee and beneficiary to a trust. She died, and her will left everything to my brothers and I. No we need a form/doc to name a new trustee by majority vote. I will be named the new trustee. The county of the court is Inyo if that makes a difference, but its California.

I am trying to refinance my house in CA to take advantage of lower rates. The house is in an A(revocable) and B (irrevocable) trust, which replaced the standard revocable trust, that was set up for tax protection, after the death of my wife. I am the trustee. I have read the post PA #18982 about the possibility of taking it out of the trusts and then returning it to the trusts, however I thought that (according to my attorney)irrevocable meant that half of the house was permanently left to my wife's heirs at the time of my death. When asked why the refi fell through because of the B trust, he couldn't give me a reason and he didn't seem to have any answers to fix the problem other than to write a check for the trust value, which I didn't understand and I can't do. When I had the trusts drawn up, I was assured that nothing would be any different as to the day -to-day use of the property, it only guarenteed that my wife's heirs got a share of her assets. I would think trying to get refinancing would be an important part of the d-to-d use. Is moving the house out of the trust(s) a solution in CA and if so, where do I start? I'm not sure if I trust my attorney's abililities at this point.

I am the beneficiary(as is my brother ) of a marital trust set up by my father.As my stepmother was 25 years younger than my father,I was told by my father and his attorney,that a marital trust was the best way to hold on to the family properties as it would be impossible to pay the inheritance taxes on all the properties.This way,said Daddy,we would all be able to enjoy them.Well,not only has my stepmother not spoken to me since Daddy's funeral,but my once close brother has become heady with power.My brother and stepmother are both trustees ,along with aforementioned tax attorney.I live on a ranch in Wyoming(one I bought,not my fathers)and my brother is in S.C.Although I have asked the lawyer on the phone,and emailed my brother,that I have a right to an accounting of the trust,I have yet to get one,daddy died in 2004.They have sold off two of the 'family properties'without a word to me,never mind any money.Do I not have a right to sue them.I feel sure there has been some self dealing.

I HAVE A REALTY TRUST, HOW DO I TELL IF IT IS REVOCABLE OR IRREVOCABLE, THOSE WORDS ARE NOT ON THE TRUST PAPERS

My parents lived in New Mexico, they wrote out a living trust while living there. My younger sister was named trustee, my dad passed away in 2008, my sister took our mother to CA. with her. She hasn't let me or my older sister know anything about the trust. Our mother passed away in Oct. of this yr. and we still don't know anything about what is going on. Is their anyway that we can get info like bank statements, and is their any general time frame for resolving the details of the trust.We don't get along with our sister she has tried to change the trust once and she is trying to get everything into her name. In 2008 the trust was worth a little over 1 million dollars.