Dear Mr. Premack: My uncle set up a living trust several years ago. His bank helped make sure that all of his accounts were registered as being owned by the trustee of the trust. He died a few weeks ago, and I am now the trustee. He owned a piece of land and his home, and had a few life insurance policies. How do I handle the land? What do I do to get the money from the insurance companies? – E.C. When a living trust is properly funded, the trustee of the trust has power to m

Dear Mr. Premack: My father was married only once, and they had five children. He died in 1994 survived by our mother and all the children, but without a Will. My sister has decided that all the land is hers and filed an affidavit of heirship to claim ownership. How could she wipe off the four other children? Should we have received some type of notification of the affidavit? I don’t know the status of the property, but want to keep what is legally mine. – RE Affidavit of hei

Dear Mr. Premack: My husband once had an affair. The other woman had a child, but listed her husband’s name on the birth certificate. That child, now age 42, recently contacted my husband saying she thinks she has inheritance rights. She said she had a DNA test done and it proved that her mother’s husband is not her father. There has been no DNA test of my husband, and he thinks this is all absurd. What legal rights does this person have under the circumstances? – PA There ar