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courtlexmom
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What is the name of your state? NEW YORK
My Dad died 7 years ago, he had no will. He was married to my Stepmom for about 13 years at his time of death. His Spouse claims his Estate was worth over $300,000. at the time of his death. (not including the Co-op that they owned and lived in in the Bronx) We (My sister and I) were close with his wife and she claimed that she was dealing with the Probate court to settle the estate. Now it is 7 years later and still she claims that she is "working on it". Now she doesn't want to even see us anymore until the estate is settled, so I'm guessing she kept all the $ for herself. (which I never thought she would) I have never recieved any paperwork from the courts or anyone else. I contacted a Probate attorney for advise and they wanted $3,000 just to start an investigation. Now, we didn't have the $ to retain the lawyer. (we have had financial hardships due to the fact that our Daughter was born with Down Syndrome a year before my Dad died and has had many Medical expenses) I guess I was just stupid beliving for all these years that My Stepmother was sincerely taking care of this. She went on and on on how she know my father would be happy that his $ was helping us raise their handicapped Grand-daughter and for me to just be patient because estates take a long time to settle when someone dies with out a will. Well I could go on and on, but I was just wondering if there was anything I could do to get the inheritance that we were due. I understand that my sister and I were entitled to 1/2 of the estate after the first $60,000 went to the wife. Is that true? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My Dad died 7 years ago, he had no will. He was married to my Stepmom for about 13 years at his time of death. His Spouse claims his Estate was worth over $300,000. at the time of his death. (not including the Co-op that they owned and lived in in the Bronx) We (My sister and I) were close with his wife and she claimed that she was dealing with the Probate court to settle the estate. Now it is 7 years later and still she claims that she is "working on it". Now she doesn't want to even see us anymore until the estate is settled, so I'm guessing she kept all the $ for herself. (which I never thought she would) I have never recieved any paperwork from the courts or anyone else. I contacted a Probate attorney for advise and they wanted $3,000 just to start an investigation. Now, we didn't have the $ to retain the lawyer. (we have had financial hardships due to the fact that our Daughter was born with Down Syndrome a year before my Dad died and has had many Medical expenses) I guess I was just stupid beliving for all these years that My Stepmother was sincerely taking care of this. She went on and on on how she know my father would be happy that his $ was helping us raise their handicapped Grand-daughter and for me to just be patient because estates take a long time to settle when someone dies with out a will. Well I could go on and on, but I was just wondering if there was anything I could do to get the inheritance that we were due. I understand that my sister and I were entitled to 1/2 of the estate after the first $60,000 went to the wife. Is that true? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.