Whether there's an attorney who can help your friend will depend a great deal on facts that are not included in your posting. One of the many...

An attorney would need to review the will to determine exactly what rights you and your sister, and others, have. In general, however,...

Estate question

One thing that is unclear about your posting is whether the land you refer to is the land on which the "unlivable" house stands or whether it is a...

If your aunt resided in NY at the time she passed away, then that is where the probate proceeding takes place. You refer to a January 11 hearing;...

Bequests that indicate that they should be distributed upon the testator's death don't really mean that they should be distributed immediately. ...

My brother passed away without a will. He lived with me in NY. He had a small bank account in his name only. What should I do?

This is simple enough The only difficulty is that because the value of the bank account exceeds $30,000, there must be a full administration...

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Your father's probatable estate consists of assets that were solely in his name. Assets that were jointly held or had a designated beneficiary...

How can I get money that I THINK is owed to me?

If your brother actually qualified as executor of the estate, you would have to be given a copy of the will. And if there really was a will, I’d...

You would inherit part of your father's estate only if he either (a) did not have a will, or if (b) he did have a will and that will provided for...

How can I stop the probate of a will when the estate being probated has been aquired through a fraudulent tampered with will?

If I understand your posting, I'm afraid that I don't have good news for you. You claim that your father's holographic will was tampered with, but...