I live in NY. The estate is in NY.
My sister died and left no will. My brother and I are the only surviving siblings. Both my brother and I applied for and have been appointed by the court to be co-administrators of the estate. My brother just recently resigned as co-administrator. His reasoning was because he said I was making decisions without consulting him first and that he was not allowed to participate in any of the decision making. The fact of the matter is that my brother never made any attempt to get involved. He essentially left everything up to me. He never even asked how things were going or what needed to be done. He basically made no attempt to take for responsibility for any of the many tasks that needed to be handled. As far as I'm concerned he totally neglected his responsibility as a co-administrator. Our relationship has disinegrated over this so I'm not sure if he is planning to cause a problem based on his resignation but I don't trust him.
Can my brother cause any problems with the estate proceeding based on his inaccurate accusation?
Is there anything that I need to do or that I can do to protect myself, from a legal perspective, from my brother's accusation?
Since I feel my brother neglected his co-administrator responsibilities do I have any recource?
My sister died and left no will. My brother and I are the only surviving siblings. Both my brother and I applied for and have been appointed by the court to be co-administrators of the estate. My brother just recently resigned as co-administrator. His reasoning was because he said I was making decisions without consulting him first and that he was not allowed to participate in any of the decision making. The fact of the matter is that my brother never made any attempt to get involved. He essentially left everything up to me. He never even asked how things were going or what needed to be done. He basically made no attempt to take for responsibility for any of the many tasks that needed to be handled. As far as I'm concerned he totally neglected his responsibility as a co-administrator. Our relationship has disinegrated over this so I'm not sure if he is planning to cause a problem based on his resignation but I don't trust him.
Can my brother cause any problems with the estate proceeding based on his inaccurate accusation?
Is there anything that I need to do or that I can do to protect myself, from a legal perspective, from my brother's accusation?
Since I feel my brother neglected his co-administrator responsibilities do I have any recource?
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