Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

Obtain yourself a trust administration attorney ASAP to assist you in the administration of the estate and help you declay foreclosure of the residence which may be in the best interest of the trust. If your brother does not want to participate with you as co trustee, see if you can have attorney assist you in obtaining his resignation so you can expeditiously administer the estate. Otherwise, the attorney may have to petition the probate court to obtain assistance in carrying out the trust provisions. A last alternative, would see if your brother would agree to the appointmet of a bonded private fiduciary to act as trustee to carry out the provisions of the trust and both of you resign.

You need to talk to a lawyer ASAP. You are at risk of losing the house through foreclosure, and it is not at all clear you have the authority to sell the house. If your mother only had a will and not a trust, then you must open a probate to obtain authority to sell the house before a sale can go through.

Someone also needs to contact the company holding the reverse mortgage to see if it will work with you on this matter. This situation can slip out of control if you are not careful and if you don't act quickly.