You are in a legal battle. Engage an experience probate warrior.

You will always have doubts and lack of peace if you do not get an experienced probate lawyer to help you.

Call the local building codes enforcement office. Get pro bono legal help from Legal Aid of East Tennessee if you cannot afford your own lawyer.

Consult personal injury lawyers in your area. Not only do many advertise widely, you may also locate them using the Find a Lawyer link at the top...

If you were sued, you need a lawyer. If you filed the suit without a lawyer, you made a mistake.

Anyone with a business [and particularly 2 businesses] should have a business lawyer.

You need to consult a probate lawyer promptly. Some will give an initial consultation without fee. You may locate them using the Find a Lawyer...

See if the Department of Vital Statistics can provide a death certificate. If that does not work, consult a lawyer.

The administrator of his estate appointed by the probate court can sue the ex for an accounting and recovery of money.

Assuming the irrevocable trust was properly and timely prepared, you would have no rights in it since you are neither a beneficiary nor a trustee...