No Will

[snapperhead]

What is the name of your state?Kansas
My grandmother just passed and her children are fighting. What happens if they do not place her estate in probate? Is there a way to get someone to mediate between the? How long can they actually wait to put the esate in probate?

 

[GaAtty]

GaAtty

They have to put her estate in probate. There is no choice, that is the law. Then one of them becomes adminstrator who will hopefully sort out the mess.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

They have to put her estate in probate. There is no choice, that is the law. Then one of them becomes adminstrator who will hopefully sort out the mess.

My response:

"They" don't have to do anything. However, any "one" of them, who has an interest in the estate, can take the football and run with it (by filing a Petition for Probate). The first to do so usually is the one appointed by the court to take control, and he who has control can tell the others to take a flying leap!

IAAL