I am one of 5 benificiaries of my deceased dads estate; and while browsing the unclaimed $ site all my siblings were listed. I am well over the age of a minor & believe for the most part something fishy is going on. After the contesting of my dads estate in 2000 there has been no further information made available to me. My portion as well as another sibling are to be kept in trust for two more years. My father warned me to be careful regarding what was left to me. I am in no position to hire an attorney. Is there anyway I can research the distribution of my fathers estate on my own?
2007-10-10 11:46:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
My apologies for not making my question clear. In regards to the contesting of my fathers will, that was my step-mothers doing. She was awarded a large sum + a house. Thank you to all so far w/ your answers. I feel insecure about asking my family, yet no that there is something not right here. Will my fathers probate information state all financial distributions? Being this all took place in San Diego county where do I go to view this information? My fathers residency for the past 50 years was in the north county.
2007-10-10 12:07:59 · update #1
You can talk with the executor.
If your father told you to "be careful" surely he took measures to secure your inheritance. He went to the trouble to stipulate a trust in his will.
What was contested? Was it effective? Did you receive paperwork? Do you have a copy of the will? Court documents? Were you the one that contested the will? Was it the siblings you're suspicious of? You can search the county probate records.
2007-10-10 11:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by pepper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you initiate the contesting? Some standard will language provides that if anyone contests, they get zero, or $1. The probate should be public record so see if you can look at a copy of the court record. All of the beneficiaries should need to sign off on what they received and that gets filed with the probate court. Probably.
2007-10-10 11:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your dads will should of been probated and if it was you can find out any information about it in the probate office of the county he lived in. Any time any of your family has gone to court there will be court records in the county it was heard in modst of the time the county your dad resided in. Go to the probate office and search. A lot of county employees in these offices are upstanding people and will go way past the call of duty to help you.
2007-10-10 11:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by chuck t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋