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Pennsylvania - My aunt died last November, leaving a will and cast her deceased husband's nephew as her executor. To make a long story short, he has been VERY lax in dealing with this whole thing. He never provided us with copies of the will, told us what percentage we were to get, but hasn't divulged any info on what the estate is worth. To make matters worse, he placed her house up for sale and left the state for a 5 month vacation. We just found out completely by accident, that he was up in March for the closing of the house, and then he left again, not informing anyone. Finally a family member tracked him down and he explained that the house had only sold for $177,000 after "repairs". He went on to say that $50,000 was going right to taxes, and that he was paying his lawyer $200 an hour to go over each person's portion, and decide what tax to pay out individually. The kicker here is that the lawyer is a very close friend of his. Makes me wonder what type of friend charges $200 an hour for this.
Is he allowed to pay taxes out of our portions when he has already paid estate taxes? I live in New Jersey, and am perfectly capable of managing my own money. Also, do I have a case at trying to have the court make him pony up more info? For all any of us know, he has more money in the estate than he is saying, as his family gets 30% of the estate as well, not including whatever fees he decides to pay himself. I just find the whole matter frustrating and it just acts as a painful reminder that my aunt is gone every time I have to deal with this man.
Is he allowed to pay taxes out of our portions when he has already paid estate taxes? I live in New Jersey, and am perfectly capable of managing my own money. Also, do I have a case at trying to have the court make him pony up more info? For all any of us know, he has more money in the estate than he is saying, as his family gets 30% of the estate as well, not including whatever fees he decides to pay himself. I just find the whole matter frustrating and it just acts as a painful reminder that my aunt is gone every time I have to deal with this man.