What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington
My sister passed away in January 2010, she was separated from her husband for 6 years prior, and was going through the process of a divorce, filing , trying to get primary custody of her 11 yr old child...Her soon to be ex-husband lives out of state. He has a live in girlfriend, and two children with her, not sure if this info is important.
What I was wondering, as far as her "estate" since they were not legally divorce, her "husband" received her social security benefits, which I understand why, he has custody of their child.
Since she lived with our parents, we have all her belongs, he hasn't asked for anything, and I don't believe he deserves anything, since he didn't pay child support till a year prior to her death, or helped her much with anything else, and they had been separated for years. I have her journals, which contain emails between both of them, with a LOT of information, I am sure he wouldn't want anyone to know, can he , in anyway, try and sue me for them later? Or anything else of hers for that matter? Her car was in his name, but he immediately signed that over to my parents.
Thank you in advance for any help.
My sister passed away in January 2010, she was separated from her husband for 6 years prior, and was going through the process of a divorce, filing , trying to get primary custody of her 11 yr old child...Her soon to be ex-husband lives out of state. He has a live in girlfriend, and two children with her, not sure if this info is important.
What I was wondering, as far as her "estate" since they were not legally divorce, her "husband" received her social security benefits, which I understand why, he has custody of their child.
Since she lived with our parents, we have all her belongs, he hasn't asked for anything, and I don't believe he deserves anything, since he didn't pay child support till a year prior to her death, or helped her much with anything else, and they had been separated for years. I have her journals, which contain emails between both of them, with a LOT of information, I am sure he wouldn't want anyone to know, can he , in anyway, try and sue me for them later? Or anything else of hers for that matter? Her car was in his name, but he immediately signed that over to my parents.
Thank you in advance for any help.