Los Altos, CA
Estate planning Lawyer at Los Altos, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate ... +3 more
If your grandmother is still alive, then you have no right to view her will. If she is deceased, then her will is supposed to be filed at the...
There is no statute of limitations as such - but the courts frown on people who "sit on their rights" and do have the discretion to say, in effect,...
It sounds as if your aunt and uncle had a joint checking account. When there's joint ownership of an asset (whether it's a checking account or a...
Just because the daughter cannot be located does not automatically mean that she is not entitled to the brother's estate. At the very least the...
Legally, they can't. Was the will ever admitted to probate? Write to the probate court in the county where the person lived and request a copy of...
If all of your father's property is put into your half-brother's name, your father will have "gifted" it to him and there won't be any "share" for...
I don't practice in New York & don't know their intestacy laws. But usually the court treats all children equally - it doesn't distinguish...
As Ms. Shaikh indicated, you can obtain a copy of the will from the surrogate's court (or probate court as it's called in other states). You might...
I don't know any state, with the possible exception of Louisiana, that gives a child an absolute "right" to inherit from his or her parents. If...
If your uncle was the executor, then he must have been appointed by the probate court (otherwise, I doubt that the title company would have...