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5/12/2009
lwpat, Attorney at Law
Category: Estate Law
Satisfied Customers: 25,387
Experience: Attorney with experience in wills, estates and trusts
VerifiedIt sounds like what someone needs to do is to contest her being named the executor of the estate. She is lying about what the attorney said. No attorney is going to tell that to someone and this indicates that she is not going to properly administer the estate. A will is public information and should be filed with the probate court. You are wasting your time with a certifed letter and just giving her more time. At the very least ask the court to name a coexecutor. All of your mother's money will be gone in a few months if you do not act now. Do not deal with her, deal with the court. She will just keep putting you off until it is too late.
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