If your mother hasn't spoken with you in years (because you were unfortunately forced to prove that she was lying, you were not the one in the wrong, and therefore, she has already proven she cannot be trusted), her mother passes away, and your incommunicado mother has the official will, is there any way to find out if your grandmother wished anything to go to you? Money aside, since I don't believe it's worth any amount of in-fighting with the family over a bit of cash, how do you find out if you were meant to inherit some treasured item your grandmother once received from her own grandmother and now wishes you to have, or something along those lines? Even if you never receive it, you know she thought of you and wanted to leave you a bit of herself.
2007-01-26 08:49:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Well, all wills are finalized by an attourney. I'd go to the court house, and try to find the attourney that your grandmother went to. Or talk to you other family members. Then talk to the attorney about her will. But, if they haven't contacted you by now, then you may not have inhereited anything. They have to contact you directly. If you don't have a phone, then they will get your address and show up to your house, or send you a letter. They do whatever they have to, to get ahold of you.
You could always get one of your family members that still talk to your mother to find out if you did or not. It's sneaky, but if it works....
2007-01-26 09:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by Pluto 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any decedent leaving a legally valid will will have their estate
probated, unless the total value of the estate is less that an amount set by statute. If the will names an executor, that would
be the person to go to. Failing that, attend the probate hearing and be prepared to make your claim at that time.
2007-01-26 17:29:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of who is in possesion of the will, all wills must go through probate and lodged with the courts.
The executor of the will would have a duty to contact you if you were a named beneficiary in the will. Even if this person was your mother, she is duty bound as a fiduciary of the estate to contact you. To not do so would be a breach of her duty and she could be subjected to a legal action for not doing so.
2007-01-26 17:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by Peter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The will has to be recorded with the probate court. Hire an attorney and have them obtain a copy. That shouldn't cost a lot - hire the attorney wherever grandma lived, to keep costs down.
2007-01-26 17:45:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were named a beneficiary of anything in anyone's will, the lawyers probating that person's estate would have a duty to notify you. You would get official documents from the court notifying that you are a beneficary.
2007-01-26 16:56:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a will the courts mandate that all those who are a party to it be notified. If there was no written Probated will there may only be recourse via an attorney..My opinion, I could be wrong.
2007-01-26 17:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by buzzwaltz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋