I have lost 2 family members to ALS, one of whom was my dad. I am planning to donate (and encourage friends and family to donate) to an org for research funding purposes. I can’t decide which organization would be best to go with as far as research goes. Target ALS, Project ALS, ALS Network, or somewhere else?
Part of my parents' inheritance from my grandfather included $100,000 of stocks held in a Charles Schwab account. We live in a community property state, and the account is labeled as a community property account with both of their names on it. My father passed a few months ago. My parents have a revocable trust set up, but somehow this account slipped through the cracks and was not included. My father's will contains a provision that devises all his assets to the trustee (my mom).
My mom just spoke to a Schwab representative who told her she can have access to half of what is in the account, but to access the other half, she will have to go to probate court. Why is this? I thought community property all automatically went to the surviving spouse?