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But can the will be settled up with the lawyer before we do that or does the dividing up of the money from the sale of the contents have to go through the lawyer too?

If the car (1985 Dodge) and truck (1988 Dodge) and the contents of the house and garage are not mentioned in my Father`s will and we plan on having an estate auction to sell these items do we have to wait until after the auction for the Lawyer to settle the estate seeing as how they were not in...

Can I initiate legal action on my own behalf even though I am not the executor of the estate or do the five siblings all have to agree on doing it?

Is there an agency in New York State to file a complaint with?

First of all this is in New York State and we all live here. I My Mom passed in 1999 with no will. My Father passed in 2004 with a will. Estate consisted of real estate (3 parcels less than $100,000 in value) and bank accounts (less than $75,000). There are five children all over 21. No-one is...