Recent content by Rnay

Sorry again, lwpat, for again omitting needed info. My husband is (at present) the PR and has Letters Testamentary. We were preparing the ancillary probate for the state where the real property exists when at the last minute his sibs came with their will contest. So away we go. Since I last...

Thanks so much for the reply, lwpat. We can't pay a lawyer from the estate because the real property in question is oil and mineral rights and the oil company that plans to eventually lease the property will not cooperate with us in providing any kind of estimate of the property's worth (they...

Okay, we got the probate filed and the other (disgruntled disinherited) sibs are contesting it. Big surprise, huh. And along with claiming their mother was psychotic, suffered insane delusions, hooked on prescription drugs etc., they are claiming that my husband and I exerted "undue influence"...

Thanks, lwpat. That sounds good. If only the ND statute of limitations were not a potential problem, we could just open probate there. That is where the only unresolved assets--real property--are located. It is a much shorter drive from where we live and we have an attorney there who will work...

PS This attorney is willing to wait for payment as he is sympathetic to our situation, but he does not reside in the county where the decedent's will was filed and he is semi-retired. Also, there's a clear conflict of interest, having helped the decedent execute the will and being one of the...

We have no access to legal representation for the probate we have to start. There is nowhere to beg or borrow funds from. Period. We have someone lined up for ND ancillary probate but we have to file in pro per in WA first. Here is an easier question: when the heir's siblings who were...

I will try to shorten this, but I have been researching a lot. Decedent did will 1981 in WA , died there 1987, will filed w/ probate office in county of residence as Will only. Only WA assets = personal goods, no Real property. Hubby (decedent's son) and I left everything in will including...