How do I find out if there was a will?

Maybe the wife doesn't know, maybe he never got around to writing a will, or maybe the wife disposed of the will because she would receive more $...

1) The insurance company will probably want to make out the check to her individually. you can still deposit the check into the estate account...

Can you challenge the named executrix for a trust/will?

Yes, although the court has a presumption that the appointed person is who the deceased want. You have to show more than just you don't like or...

What will happen at the trial? Is there any way the tenant can win this?

You don't own the house. You are just managing it for the benefit of the estate. She violated a contract although one could argue that the contract...

Long time tenant moved in girlfriend who is disabled vet. history of late rent. he absent since nov. she wont move. will i need

You state she won't move and then that no one is living at the house. Sounds like your problem is solved.

I need to know if a will is left to person that died before the person that left the will does it go to that persons heirs

A good will includes terms of what happens if someone receiving under the will predeceases the maker of the will. Read the will. If the will does...

A joint will stating their wishes when the first died thru the others death. One died, the other made a new will. LEGAL????

There is a difference between a reciprical will (which some people call a joint will) and a contract to make a will. If they had a reciprical will...

When/how should a Living Will be enforced?

A living will that old is difficult to enforce. I tell my clients to renew them every 5 years. The rules about living wills changed somewhat in...

Probate

Two different issues. One is whether her estate needs to be probated and the other is the financial consequence of leaving the estate to him under...

Fathers will

The homestead exemption is not something you can fight with any certainty of winning. If she is entitled to it then the court is going to allow her...