Keep your fingers crossed that there is anything left. It's not rare for
executors
to loot an estate. Get a lawyer who will work for a set fee. Check the
lawyers
in the state where she died. Have him write a very stern letter to your
aunt
and father. Maybe that will shake them up enough to get the paperwork
filed. Sounds like they either have no idea what they are doing or they
are fiddling with the estate.
A cousin of mine lost his share of his aunt's estate to another cousin
(other
side of the family). The cousin executor took outrageous fees for serving
as executor and outright embezzled lots of the money.
Greetings!
This is my first post to this group.
My grandmother passed away almost 3 years ago. My aunt and father are
co-executors. Myself and my 2 sons were to receive a portion of her
estate.
I can not get the executors to provide a copy of her will, or to tell me
what lawyer prepared it (They don't recall...have to find buried
documents... etc...). They seem cooperative, but after we hang up the
phone nothing happens. I have received some documents from the court
house concearning her estate (Florida). Mainly affidavites and real
estate documents. I don't think her will was filed at the court house. I
do not beleive it went to probate either.
So far, all of the other heirs (9 total) have received cash advances in
the form of loans against their inheiritance. She had a living trust,
and then after she passed, it was all put in an investment account
(including proceeds from the sale of the condo). So the value of the
estate is fluctating with the stock market!
Anyway, I could use the money now and they have offered to forward me a
cash advance. My concearn is that I do not know the terms of the advance
or even what the will is.
I'm also concearned if I get a lawyer and start suing people it could
consume what's left of the estate, not to mention damage relationships.
I would assume that I would have to file suit against the execotors to
complete their tasks. Would this force the estae into probate court?
Is there a time limit placed on this? The three yr mark is approaching
soon.
I started looking for some FL lawyers and hope to contact one next week.
Any information or advice would be helpful.
Thanks,
Dan
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