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Carl jones
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- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
Long story short, my little sister and I have an uncle who has recently passed away from cancer.(Colombia South Carolina) He was worth approximately one to $2 million. After his diagnosis two years ago he made a will that placed everything into a revocable trust. My sister and I were named as the sole beneficiaries of the trust. My father was named the executor of the will and the trustee. After his death the original Will was nowhere to be found. My uncle had it in his desk along with the original trust. The original trust was found just not the original will. My uncle was not married nor did he have any children. My grandfather was very upset that he left everything to my sister and I and nothing to the rest of the family. As they were all on very bad terms for the majority of his life. There were multiple family members in and out of his house the last few days/ weeks of his life. We believe the will was intentionally destroyed after he died or right before either by my grandmother or other family members angry about where the money would go. his estate lawyer said without the original Will my grandfather would have to sign off on a copy of the will to probate. He is refusing to do this and wants to take the estate for himself via intestate. He(my uncle)did mention the last few weeks of his life the possibility of changing his will for donating more to charity. He died before he could make the changes or decided against changing it.. What are the chances of us being able to probate a copy of the will? If we were to hire a lawyer how long could we tie the estate up for? 3 years? 5 years? Thanks... Carl J....