No. What you can do depends upon what has already happened.

Check with the Surrogate Court to see if there is an estate and file a claim with the executor or administrator.

Yes, but there may be a statute of limitations ultimately barring some older claims.

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As you do not have a will, you can file for an administration. That will force your brother to file the will, or you will be appointed...

Yes, you can contest. Yes, it is expensive, and much of the proof burden is on you.

Maybe. Look at the deeds that followed from your mother on the title records. See how the real property was conveyed out. The estate file is in...

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Challenging the accounts as convenience accounts requires that you file a petition for that issue. Probate is a different issue.

As a child you are next of kin, and thus entitled to notice and required to consent or appear in court to object. Whether you get anything would...

If you are the next of kin, do a petition for voluntary administration at the Surrogates Court. It is $1 and meant to be done while you wait. ...

None, unless you challenge the deed in Supreme Court litigation. Move fast or else the brother may transfer it, and then the case is much harder.