Special Needs Trusts

Dear Len & Rosie,

My mom doesn't have a will yet but we're encouraging her to make one. She has a draft will that leaves her home to all three children, but I have some questions. First, the house is under my mother name and my brother's name. Is it true that he will get the house automatically on our mother's death? Also, my other brother is autistic and will have special needs. How does my mom work that language into her will?

Pilar

Community Property

Dear Len & Rosie,

My husband died two months before our divorce was completed. Before his death, he wrote a will naming his divorce lawyer as his executor and his children as the beneficiaries. I fear this lawyer is biased and will not execute the will in a fair manner. I appeared in court and the judge told me to file a written objection.

I am concerned about my children's rights because the will leaves everything to his children, and nothing to mine. There is also an insurance policy that name me and both of our children as beneficiaries, but the will leaves this policy to his children.

Medha