Thursday, August 19, 2010

Legal advice regarding inheritance?

my grandmother passed away last November. My grandfather(her husband) had already passed. They had a will that left everything to my father and my uncle(his brother) and to be split evenly between them and them each of them to take a certain percent and be split among their children. After her death, my father basically told us that between the worth of her house and other assets, there would be about 1 million. So far all we have gotten is $5,000 each. I understand these things take time but my father has ignored all our questions as far as whats going on with things. We have reason to believe he has received a large portion of the money and has not told us or given us any. What can I do to find out what is going on, aside from asking him? Everytime I bring it up, he changes the subject or gives me some generic answer. I also am not in the same state as him or the same state that my grandmother passed in, so I'm not sure of my legal rights. Help?Legal advice regarding inheritance?
talk to a lawyer but in my opinion





Sorry but under your fact pattern you described there is no legal remedy available to you; Therefore better be real nice to daddy and hope that one day he will share





since the grandparents did not bequeath anything to you in the will, dad and uncle are free to do what they want with their share, there is no legal right to inherent monies from your parents if you are over the age of majority, hence daddy is free to do what he wants with the monies, so I would not be bugging him if I where you but being real nice and sweat, and hopeLegal advice regarding inheritance?
I'd have to read the exact language in the will...did it (a) actually require that a certain percentage of the estate go directly to you kids, (b) say that a certain percentage was to be held in trust by your dad for you, (c) say that the estate went to your dad and uncle and she *hoped* and *intended* that they would share the inheritance, or something else altogether? Impossible to answer without reading the will and knowing the law of the state where your grandmother lived.
November 07?





Uh... the estate won't even be elligible to finalize in most states for a year.





Talk to a local probate lawyer in that state
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