HOW DO I GET MY MONEY MY GRANDMOTHER LEFT BEHIND FOR ME AND MY SISTER? NOONE IN MY FAMILY WILL TELL US !!!

It's good that you decided not to wait any longer. It's already years behind schedule and, as you are figuring out, waiting longer without taking...

Isit legal to pay my portion of the estate monthly while the rest of my siblings get their in a lump sum ?

While an executor typically has broad discretion as to details of making estate distributions, executors must usually treat all legatees more or...

Can I be co administrater to my grandfather's estate and why do I need to sign a bond waiver and a renunciation form

The likely administrator of your grandfather's estate is one of his two surviving children. It sounds as though there may be two estates that need...

Do we have to have an attorney to petition the court to re-open a probate or is there a form we can fill and present to the cour

I don't know if you need to reopen the probate proceeding, because you've not provided any details. But if you do need to do so, hiring an...

I don't know iwhat to do I don't trust my lawyer...?

If you don't trust your lawyer, you have two options: (1) Set up a meeting with her and ask her to address your concerns; or, (2) hire a...

With 3 executors and one makes a call on the funeral expense without consulting with the other 2 ,is there any recourse?

Funeral costs do not usually become an issue, because such costs typically are the first to be repaid by the estate. But, $57,000 is an unusually...

What Is Dual Power Of Attorney?

If what the relative meant was a "durable" power of attorney (meaning a power of attorney that survives the disability of the principal), it's not...

TThe executor is a family member, but is not included in the will and has taken things from the house, what legal penalties ?

The executor may be empowered to safeguard items of personal property that belong to the estate, but, of course, cannot use those items for her own...

If I had a civil suit and won can I then sue the estate when the person dies.

You can seek to enforce, as against the estate of a judgment debtor, your judgment against the person. Speak to a local attorney about the details...

If there was a will, it controls. Your husband would be expected to be notified of a probate proceeding. But it wouldn't hurt to check to see if...