CCan I make copy of the short certificate myself?

Contact the Register of Wills where the estate was opened and obtain an official Short Certificate - it usually costs $10.

WE Live in an Independent Senior Facility. The Property Manager is an Abuser to The Elderly, Harassing, Threatening? Etc.

Call the PCA - the Philadelphia Corporation for the Aging. They will help.

You can call the police if you wish but in my experience they leave these types of things as civil matters. Your father very clearly needs an...

Can i get a copy of my deceased mother in laws will?

As was mentioned- if the will was probated it could be reviewed as public record. If she died in Philadelphia, contact the register of wills at...

If you are administering a trust, you need the advice of an attorney in order to properly administer it. Among other things you need a Tax ID...

It is not clear if you were notified initially when the estate was opened. That among other facts would have a bearing on the situation.

My parent died and left his ex girlfriend pretty much everything. Can it be challenged

You don't state if you have valid grounds to challenge the will - not liking who he left his property to is not a valid reason to challenge....

No. The person can leave their property to whomever they wish. There is an exception that does not allow you to completely cut out a surviving...

I would imagine you had an agreement for how fees were charged with the preparer. In any event, $600 for a tax return with a SCH C is not very...

What if a handwritten will is signed multiple times?

Someone would have to review the will, but more importantly it depends on what the register of wills says when they review it. I would discuss it...