the executor of our fathers estate has stolen money and property from the remaining heirs. we believe with help of a lawyer. can the lawyer from our fathers estate represent my father and the executors ?
2006-08-29 13:03:39 · 3 answers · asked by mercedes 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
can legal action be taken for an executor who steals from the estate? PROBABLY, BUT THE ATTY. MAY HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN OVERSIGHT OR AN ACCIDENT, SO NEGLIGIENCE IS ABOUT ALL THAT WOULD STICK.
can the lawyer from our fathers estate represent my father and the executors ? SURE, BUT IF THE ATTY. IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS WELL, HE'D BE WISE TO BOW OUT OF THAT CASE.
2006-08-29 13:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happens all of the time - often times it's
friends of the judges who become the executors, strip the estate clean, sell stuff cheap.
Very hard to prove anything beyond negligence, because you have to prove it was deliberate. And you'll go in front of the same judges that made their friends executors.
You can hire an attorney to try to stop the pillage, but it's hard to get an executor out of the picture. Depending on how much money, may be worth it.
2006-08-29 13:11:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my sister and i are both equal executors of my mothers estate she took all paperwork out of the attorneys hands got a attorney of her own transfered property into her name ..and stole all the money and put it in her personal account and wont let me have any information to this activity
2015-02-27 02:25:39 · answer #3 · answered by Pam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋