If 9.5% of 800,000 is 76,000 how is it the calculated amount of 69,619.44 was given to us in a letter from the estate lawyer?

Demand from the estate attorney a detailed computation.

Will and probate question pertaining to whether or not if something is conflict of interest AND misapropriation of estate funds.

I would be much more proactive. I would immediately retain an estates attorney to look over everything and challenge suspect behavior. Do not...

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Spousal Trust

I hope you are not trying to do your estate plan and documentation on your own. HUGE MISTAKE. Your family will pay much more for this down the...

Does a probate attorney have to file the paper work for petition to be administrator of my brothers estate?

Do not for one minute try to administer this estate on your own, especially with the missing daughter. For a sense of what is involved in...

Life insurance proceeds paid out to me personally and not as trustee of Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust a--a mistake by broker

While I agree with both attorneys, there is a real question about the mistake. If the insurance was a trust asset should it not have been payable...

If I received a 1,000.00 as a bequest prior to the will being probated does this mean I am written out of the final will.

Both attorney offer sound advice. Call the estates attorney to seek answers. Also go to the register of wills and get a copy of the will. This...

Value of Estate, executor fees, attorney fees vs inheritance that was transferred directly to beneficiaries at time of death

In PA if the attorney and executor have arranged for a percentage take then these assets are part of the calculation but the percentage would be...

If a person is asked to be an executor for a living relatives estate, does the dcoument have to be notorized?

The prior attorney offers sound advice. This person needs to sit down with an estates attorney and have the proper estate plan and documents...

My mother died and her living will/trust states that my brother and I are the beneficiaries. Life Ins. has dead brother also.

Your conclusion of splitting with the wife may not be the case. The beneficiary designation wording is key. Get a copy of that and then get to an...

If my ex-spouse dies how do I find out if he has a new will

Any will must be probated to allow the executor to officially act for the estate. It is recored at the register of wills or county court in the...