Probate records are public records. Go to the clerk of court to findd out if an estate has been opened for the stepfather.

SSA is asking for a certified copy of an order appointing you as personal representative of your friend's estate.

By updates do you mean formally prepared and executed codicils? If so, can you prove they exist and are hidden? If not it may be difficult to have...

You need to be appointed as personal representative of your wife's estate. Then you can transfer the timeshare. Whether you should transfer the...

If the executor has not petitioned the probate court to be appointed as executor, you should petition yourself citing the unreasonable length of...

Demand an accounting from your brother. If he does not provide it, petition to have brother removed as executor. You need a lawyer.

Check at the clerk of the probate court in the county where your father lived to see if there is an open estate for him. Probate records and...

You signed it; It probably binds you.

Transfer on death might avoid probate but if the house is to be sold upon the mother's death, it is a bad idea because of likely capital gains...

Some ideas: Obtain his power of attorney and evict. Call adult protective services and make an abuse complaint. Hire your friend, a lawyer. See an...