No, but that trustee is, and frankly, you should have been receiving a copy of the trust and an accounting for those assets from that person.

An unsiged copy of a Trust has no legal significance and is not valid or binding in any way. If she had previous documents, those will control. ...

If the Court removed you, the judge must have been satisfied you were not doing your job. You had the opportunity to defend your position before...

Finding a Will may be hard, but if he had a trust and owned property, an attorney can help you get the deed to see if a Trust can be tracked down. ...

They do not have a tenancy, but they may have rights to notice and possible reimbursement from the estate, but that gets complicated. I agree that...

This is a very complicated situation. I don't know if an internet question-and-answer site could even determine how this will end. Consider...

Required to, no. They are required to serve the documents and complete a proof of service to confirm it was done.

That sounds like elder abuse. Call Adult Protective Services and get an attorney to file for conservatorship ASAP.

Not at all defective. Being in an envelope is irrelevant. You knew they were legal documents intended for your father, and you accepted service. ...

While you have a strong legal claim since it was a joint account, why would you keep it? What was your mother's intent? Follow that or don't. ...