What is the name of your state? Ohio
Relative died with both adult children (all estranged) and minor children (from last two ex-wives). This man was married 4 or 5 times at least. He was not married when he died. NO Will-------many debts to hospital, nursing home, doctors, etc. He had both medicare and medicaid. There is also a recorded tax lien. He owned a home on land contract, and hid the fact from medicaid and the nursing home.
A sibling is running the estate since he had a power of attorney (I think just for health care). He knows the pin number to his credit card and has withdrawn money from the account (social sec. checks for relative and two minor children deposited into this account). He says he is using money to pay land contract, but we have also heard that he wants to try and talk the older lady holding the land contract into putting it into either his name or the name of one of his children.
The adult children all live out of state, and don't care to be involved with the family at all. The minor children could benefit from the proceeds of the sale of the home. The ex-wife (mother of two minor children) was told that she could not probate the estate on behalf of the children. The other ex-wife has relinquished her custody to another relative. Could the guardians of the minor children probate the estate?? Do they have any power over the relative now controlling the estate??
I know that the bank was phoned after the relative's death and told he had died, but they did not stop his account. His sibling continued to take money from the account. Is the bank liable??
Relative died with both adult children (all estranged) and minor children (from last two ex-wives). This man was married 4 or 5 times at least. He was not married when he died. NO Will-------many debts to hospital, nursing home, doctors, etc. He had both medicare and medicaid. There is also a recorded tax lien. He owned a home on land contract, and hid the fact from medicaid and the nursing home.
A sibling is running the estate since he had a power of attorney (I think just for health care). He knows the pin number to his credit card and has withdrawn money from the account (social sec. checks for relative and two minor children deposited into this account). He says he is using money to pay land contract, but we have also heard that he wants to try and talk the older lady holding the land contract into putting it into either his name or the name of one of his children.
The adult children all live out of state, and don't care to be involved with the family at all. The minor children could benefit from the proceeds of the sale of the home. The ex-wife (mother of two minor children) was told that she could not probate the estate on behalf of the children. The other ex-wife has relinquished her custody to another relative. Could the guardians of the minor children probate the estate?? Do they have any power over the relative now controlling the estate??
I know that the bank was phoned after the relative's death and told he had died, but they did not stop his account. His sibling continued to take money from the account. Is the bank liable??