I Have been left some inheritance by my grand dad who has since passed away. How can I get access to it.......

Question

I no longer have contact with my father (long story) but needless to say he was a nasty man. I remember seeing the bank/building society book and that it had the stipulation that I couldnt have it till I had reached a certain age (which has now passed)
I just dont know who to approach, there is no family to help me as such. I just wondered if there is a central database or an organisation that could help?
Thanks in advance for your help guys n gurls :)

Answer 1

When someone dies their estate goes to probabte, that means that it goes through a legal process to check who has claims on the estate. That will be your grandads creditors including the Inland Revenue as well as beneficiaries.

An executor is appointed in your grandads will to deal with all these things and probabte is usually, but not always, dealt with by a solicitor.

You need to find out who your grandad appointed as executor and see that person about your inheritance.

If your father is the executor you can ask a solicitor to deal with him for you.

About money held for you until a certain age, that will probably have been held in trust so the trustees need to be contacted. If your father was the trustee then you can ask a solicitor to contact him about that.

I think you should see a solicitor, ask him the price of him sending a letter to your father to enquire about the estate then take it step by step from there.

Answer 2

You need to contact the trust. Do you remember which one? They are responsible.

If the one who it was intended for can't be reached then it's supposed to go into the state treasury of the state of the last known address until the owner is found.

Most state treasuries have an online list where you can check for your name. If your name's on it you call, give them the number and they'll tell you what you need to do to claim it. You can pay to do it through various places but it's kinda crazy to do that when you can do it yourself for free.

If instead it was in a will you can get a copy of it at the county courthouse of whatever county he died in. Whoever was the executor is responsible to ensure it's carried out and are legally responsible to do so and can be prosecuted for not doing it. If they claimed they did, then didn't that's perjury and thus another charge. If it was more than $100. it's a felony.

If it was in a will and no will was presented but you know one exists and where a copy was kept at you need to get one and present it to the court. Each state has a certain time period that it has to be filed by whether it has been fully executed or not. Some people file it at the courthouse before they die for safe keeping.

It is possible if your dad was the executor he could've claimed it was distributed and unless challenged it will go through. But your best bet is the county courthouse, the bank and the state treasury. Then take it from there.

Answer 3

Ignore that 2nd person and give them a big thumbs down rating, some people are idiots on here and should not be allowed back on

Anyway, call several attorneys. They ALL have a "free consultation", so they hear your problem and you can find out there fee.

Just make sure you look under Inheritance, or Attorney's who specialize in this field. Make appointments with as many as you can for free consultations, if they don't offer the free meeting, don't bother with them.

Have you moved so much, that you can't be contacted by someone in charge other than your dad? Or was your father the sole Executive of the Estate?

I am so sorry to hear this and I do understand families do not get along. That 2nd person who responded?....my 3 year old g.d. is more mature than that person.
But focus, you need an attorney in Inheritance.
Good luck to you....

Answer 4

It’s very elementary to place particular regulations on while a minor could have get right of entry to to monies the two tby a will or consistent with possibility a settlement, it sounds like till your are 26 you're on the will of the brother, That mentioned the brother has a fiduciary accountability to you, you have a ideal to establish a each year accounting of your monies, if the will mentioned academic purposes and he refuses to pay for practise he's in breach of his fiduciary accountability you'll be able to ought to seek for a criminal expert to check the will, to check how your have confidence is desperate up preserving your monies, greater effective be in a have confidence and not below the brother’s call, and what precisely academic expenditures are allowed

Answer 5

Everyone has the right to see anyone's will. The executers will try to contact you, or you could contact them first with your details - their names will be on the will. Ignore the first 2 answers - if he wanted you to have it, then thats all that matters.

Answer 6

Grandfather would have had to go through the probate court .
Go to the courthouse where he lived and inquire about the probate case .
You will probably need to know his actual name and the approximate date of his death .

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Answer 7

Write a letter to your father to get the book. If he refuses or ignores you then get a solicitor.

Answer 8

in that book you saw the bank... if you can recall the name of the institution then you can contact them and they can look up the account.