oregonmoonrise
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Ca
We have a probate attorney working on my mothers probate. The only thing she had was a peice of property that was in escrow at the time of her death. This property has all sorts of issues with the title & we are in the process of figuring out who is the legal owner. That were the problem comes in. The attorney contacted me all the time & returned all my calls & such in the begining now I never get my calls or emails returned. We were suposed to go to court back in the begining of Dec. but turns out the 850 petition was never finished I had emailed them & called several times before the court date to find out what was going on but of course never got an answer. Then I received an email saying that it had not been completed but I should have it to sign in couple of days. I ended up having to go out of town (I live in a differnt state) but would be in the same town as the attorney so I called them letting them know I could just come in to the office to sign so I didnt have to overnight it back to them. They wanted to get it filed before the Christmas Holiday & serve the other party before the new year. Well here it is Jan. 17th & a couple of calls & emails later & have still yet to hear from him what is going on. Im not sure what to do. Just seems that nothing is getting done. Im not sure if he just thinks he cant win the 850 petition or what. He only gets paid if he gets this property straightend out since it is the only asset. If he keeps it up much longer Im going to want to find another attorney. Can we do that? What does he get paid then?
Thanks in advance.
We have a probate attorney working on my mothers probate. The only thing she had was a peice of property that was in escrow at the time of her death. This property has all sorts of issues with the title & we are in the process of figuring out who is the legal owner. That were the problem comes in. The attorney contacted me all the time & returned all my calls & such in the begining now I never get my calls or emails returned. We were suposed to go to court back in the begining of Dec. but turns out the 850 petition was never finished I had emailed them & called several times before the court date to find out what was going on but of course never got an answer. Then I received an email saying that it had not been completed but I should have it to sign in couple of days. I ended up having to go out of town (I live in a differnt state) but would be in the same town as the attorney so I called them letting them know I could just come in to the office to sign so I didnt have to overnight it back to them. They wanted to get it filed before the Christmas Holiday & serve the other party before the new year. Well here it is Jan. 17th & a couple of calls & emails later & have still yet to hear from him what is going on. Im not sure what to do. Just seems that nothing is getting done. Im not sure if he just thinks he cant win the 850 petition or what. He only gets paid if he gets this property straightend out since it is the only asset. If he keeps it up much longer Im going to want to find another attorney. Can we do that? What does he get paid then?
Thanks in advance.