dismayed in pa.
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Pennsylvania.
My mother died over a year ago. In her will she left a property to be divided equally between my 2 sisters,and left me as the executor of her estate. She was predeceased by my father and 1 of my sisters to whom the property was left to in the will. As executor of her estate I sought out an attorney whose quote level of expertize was estate law. The first question I asked was since my sister predeceased my mother would my sister's daughters inherit their mother's part of the estate(although my mother was estranged from my sister's children). The lawyer informed me that because my mother was specific as to who received what down to her cooking utensils if she wanted my nieces to receive my sister's portion she would have stated it in the will.Deed went out listing my surviving sister the property owner.Well one of the nieces has a lawsuit against her so the attorney contacted my attorney saying she and her sister are intitled to their mother's inheritance. Now I am billed with changing the deed,phone calls from my attorney to my nieces and lengthy phone calls to my attorney and his paralegal from my nieces.Am I really legally responsible for the attorney's mistake and I never authorized him or his paralegal to provide advice to my nieces. HELP
My mother died over a year ago. In her will she left a property to be divided equally between my 2 sisters,and left me as the executor of her estate. She was predeceased by my father and 1 of my sisters to whom the property was left to in the will. As executor of her estate I sought out an attorney whose quote level of expertize was estate law. The first question I asked was since my sister predeceased my mother would my sister's daughters inherit their mother's part of the estate(although my mother was estranged from my sister's children). The lawyer informed me that because my mother was specific as to who received what down to her cooking utensils if she wanted my nieces to receive my sister's portion she would have stated it in the will.Deed went out listing my surviving sister the property owner.Well one of the nieces has a lawsuit against her so the attorney contacted my attorney saying she and her sister are intitled to their mother's inheritance. Now I am billed with changing the deed,phone calls from my attorney to my nieces and lengthy phone calls to my attorney and his paralegal from my nieces.Am I really legally responsible for the attorney's mistake and I never authorized him or his paralegal to provide advice to my nieces. HELP
