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vicbdn
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What is the name of your state? Illinois
I sincerely hope someone can help me as I don't know what to do. My father died over one and a half years ago and his probate has been going on for a very long time. The lawyer my family hired either dislikes us extremely or is just plain lazy! He was recommended by a family member and up until now he has yet to almost do anything.
When we ask him how much he expects to be paid, he avoids the answer like the plague, and then he won't do any work either. He hasn't ASKED for money yet so I don't know why he doesnt want to work! Can anyone offer some insight as to what may be the problem? How long to probates take?!
The main problem now is that my father's estate has been in the system for a long time. He did not have medical insurance, and when we asked the hospital if they might reduce the hospital fees they agreed and reduced the price around 10,000 dollars. However I do not know if this is legal or not...as the lady would not give it writing the first time we asked. We plan to ask again but I think now it's too late. She admitted plainly to it though. The too late part is that we told our probate lawyer explicitly to contact the hospital to pay this fee, and he reassured us "Don't worry about it, I'll handle it," or something along those lines(this is before we realized that this lawyer is utterly worthless and a fool) but it turns out he NEVER contacted them! Now the hospital has instead turned our case over to a collect agency and they will not budge on the price. They are adamant on our family paying the full price. Please help! What should we do.
Edit: I've been thinking about reporting him to the Bar association...would this do anything? Also we have contacted him about this...and asked him to resolve the situation but he responded for us to wait till thanksgiving is over to contact him again -_-.
I sincerely hope someone can help me as I don't know what to do. My father died over one and a half years ago and his probate has been going on for a very long time. The lawyer my family hired either dislikes us extremely or is just plain lazy! He was recommended by a family member and up until now he has yet to almost do anything.
When we ask him how much he expects to be paid, he avoids the answer like the plague, and then he won't do any work either. He hasn't ASKED for money yet so I don't know why he doesnt want to work! Can anyone offer some insight as to what may be the problem? How long to probates take?!
The main problem now is that my father's estate has been in the system for a long time. He did not have medical insurance, and when we asked the hospital if they might reduce the hospital fees they agreed and reduced the price around 10,000 dollars. However I do not know if this is legal or not...as the lady would not give it writing the first time we asked. We plan to ask again but I think now it's too late. She admitted plainly to it though. The too late part is that we told our probate lawyer explicitly to contact the hospital to pay this fee, and he reassured us "Don't worry about it, I'll handle it," or something along those lines(this is before we realized that this lawyer is utterly worthless and a fool) but it turns out he NEVER contacted them! Now the hospital has instead turned our case over to a collect agency and they will not budge on the price. They are adamant on our family paying the full price. Please help! What should we do.
Edit: I've been thinking about reporting him to the Bar association...would this do anything? Also we have contacted him about this...and asked him to resolve the situation but he responded for us to wait till thanksgiving is over to contact him again -_-.
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