Health Care Proxy Have been asked to sign a health care proxy for my mother who…

Health Care Proxy
Have been asked to sign a health care proxy for my mother who has been determined to be incapable of making her own decisions. She does not have any prior living will or surogate designated. If I sign, will this hold me legally responsible for all of her financial obligations or is this strictly for medical care? Thank you for your assistance.

Contesting probate when the deceased had no will.

Contesting probate when the deceased had no will.
My mother was killed last March. She had no will. She is survived by two daughters and a husband. This was her 2nd long term marriage. The first was to my father. During the uncontested divorce between my mother & father, there was a verbal agreement concerning the family home. She was to keep the house with the intention of passing it on to myself and my sister. I assume that the property in question now belongs to my step-father. What recourse, if any do we(myself & my sister) have in obtaining this property? What if my step-father refuses to draw up a living will promising the property to us upon his death? If he remarries, how can we assure that the house & a few other items(which where my mothers before the marriage) not go to the new wife?