estate mess

What is the name of your state? Texas.
my friends mother recently died. her mother had a living trust with her daughter from a previus marriage as the executor. she was to meet with her at the home she was raised in to help go thru the house and pack things up etc. she has heard not one word and the house is up for sale. the house title was changed when her father died, and her mothers name is the only one on the title. as the only heir of this marriage-am she in the cold?

She needs to send a certified letter to the daughter (she is trustee of the trust, NOT an executor--executor only applies to the will) to ask if she is named as a beneficiary in either the trust or in the will--if so then she needs to also request a copy of the trust and/or the will.

When a trust is drawn up, many times there is not a will, so if the personal property is not mentioned in the will, then maybe they will be mentioned in the trust.

She also needs to check at the county courthouse probate court to see if a will has been filed.

DANDY DON IN OKLAHOMA ([email protected])