Yesterday I did retain the services of a probate attorney, and not to soon. Tonight I received a email from her attorney that she was going to pursue the case on the basis of a “constructive adoption” If I did not include her in the estate and her brothers agree to share with her a portion of...
Well it's not that I want to ignore the suggestion of hiring a lawyer, I had been paying for L..Sheild, until I just found out there is a limit of use and I have maxing out. Before I spend any more money I"m trying to find out as much as possible.
Thanks once again, we feel we are close to being able to close the estate and move on since she rejected the offer. Can I settle the estate affairs and close it out or is there a given time window I must wait for her to decide what she wants to do, something like a statute of limitations before...
In a meeting on 02/25/21, she stated that there was no adoption, because of the visitation restrictions would be imposed on her birth mother. So there was some agreement to allow her aunt to raise her giving her mother visitation rights. She was explaining it to another member at the meeting...
I wanted to come up for air, and once again tell everyone, THANK YOU so much for your time and wisdom. This is still keeping me busy but everyone here truly deserves a big THANK YOU. Don't want to make a mistake with the "Like/Unlike" button, I just stay hands off for now. God Bless
As the administrator, if I need to hire legal counsel, is the cost charged to me personally or is it a expense of the estate? All of the children know everything. I hide nothing from them and they have mixed feelings. Once again Thank you one and all, so very much during this period of my life.
Thank you so much for your reply. I will use it to help explain to my niece, the challenge we have ahead of us. She is threatening to have me removed as the administrator, based on me not recognizing her as a beneficiary at this time, and that's the least of my concerns. This is still a...
My first post, here we go, my several months ago, my wife passed away. She did not leave a will for the distribution of her properties/assets etc. I registered with the Mercer County Surrogates Office. After filing all papers and paying fees I was sent the forms that authorized me to be the...