Wills and Estates

My Grandmother died approximately 10 years ago. My uncle was named executor. The estate was to be divided among 5 children, my Mother being one of them. My Grandmother's Estate was never settled. My Mother died in 2003, never receiving her share of my Grandmother's estate. Can I do anything to make my uncle finalize Grandmother's estate and give my brohters and me what my Mother should have received?

I went to a lawyer when I lived in Montana during 2004 and made a will and my wife made one too. There has been some changes in our lives, mostly because all our children are over 18 now and we live in another state. We also have a trustee designated within the will. We now live in Washington state. I was planning on making a new will, a living trust and a power of attorney with USlegalforms.com My questions are: 1. Do I need to make another will or is the outdated one from Montana still good even though I live in Washington state now? 2.If I decide to make another will, can my wife be on my will or should she make another one too? 3. Will these wills be legal if I do not go through a lawyer and just have 2 witnesses and the will notarized? 4. Is it ok to store the will at our home or do I need to store it at the county or state office of records? 5. If I do not have a power of attorney, will my legal affairs be much more complicated when I am not coherent enough to make decisions? 6. Do I need to get all of our banking, car registrations, utility bills, home, or any other important paper work in both of our names or when one of us drops dead will the other person automatically take over everything without a lot of legal hassel. 7.We plan on staying here at this home until we conk out. But God may have plans we do not know about.I am in good health and 58 and my wife is in good health and 55. We just want to be ready to die and make the other persons job easy during grief or the trustee job easier if we both go see Jesus together. 8. Is Washington a shared property state?

It was unknown to us at the time, my deceased aunt's power of attorney (also a heir) changed the beneficiaries on all her cds to his name. Do we have any recourse to get these cds to the persons she originally designated them for?

My dad passed away recently and I know he had a will and some money was set aside for me and my brother. My mom passed away 20 years ago and my dad remarried 12 years ago.Therefore I have a step-mom who told me a week before my dad passed that she thought she would give my brother and me 'the money' a little at a time instead of all at once. Then on the day we buried dad she says that my brother and I would not get any of the money until she dies, that the money is in a trust. So my question is, do we have a right to see our dad's will and read the terms of the trust? Should I start by just asking her if we could see it or should we hire an attorney?

My mother and brother share a home mortgage. My brother recently got married. The title and the loan to the house is both under my mother's and brother's names, which they refinanced after my brother got married. My mother would like to draw-up a will that ensures, that in the event of her death, she would like to bequeath her share of the home equity (which should be 50%) to her other 3 children, equally divided. Additionally, she would like to include a provision (perhaps in a contract?), that the other party (my brother) agrees to provide my mother's share of the equity to her other 3 children, within, a window of 1 year. So, what type of a will and/or contract does she need to make this happen? Is this even possible?