My parent is planning to leave me a small amount of money. Let's say it's $5K. My sibling is the parent's personal rep., power of attorney, joint on all bank accounts, etc.
and expected to take the full amount of time to put a creditor notice in the paper and waiting the number of months suggested which is several, etc. Even though everyone knows the parent has no debts and to delay the distribution of the $5K would be intential with no reasonable grounds to delay. Should my parent die and the personal rep. lag and delay and lag, etc. and I happen to die before they send me the check they may try to put the $5K in their pocket with the rest of the financial assets they themselves are receiving which could be triple digits, easily. How to prevent this and I don't currently have a will since no beneficiaries. And not sure how long after my parent's death would my death have to be the rightful owner of the $5K. Thanks.
and expected to take the full amount of time to put a creditor notice in the paper and waiting the number of months suggested which is several, etc. Even though everyone knows the parent has no debts and to delay the distribution of the $5K would be intential with no reasonable grounds to delay. Should my parent die and the personal rep. lag and delay and lag, etc. and I happen to die before they send me the check they may try to put the $5K in their pocket with the rest of the financial assets they themselves are receiving which could be triple digits, easily. How to prevent this and I don't currently have a will since no beneficiaries. And not sure how long after my parent's death would my death have to be the rightful owner of the $5K. Thanks.