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jeepchic
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I'm a co-executrix of an estate, (all transactions requiring both signatures). Estate, inheritance tax, lawyer fee and all else in the will was probated and executed 4 years ago.
Both co-executrixes live 500 miles apart and haven't had any contact since the estate was completed.
It seems now, that the one co-exec, along with the lawyer hired to guide us through, held out on transferring the house to the proper inheritor (without the knowledge of the other co-exec-me) and now the inheritor is moving and trying to sell the house. Title co and real estate say he can't unless both signatures are on some papers to prove that the estate was probated and that both co-exec were there.
I have a problem with signing anything to do with the estate, since my responsibilities ended when the estate was settled 4 yrs ago. and there has been no contact with the lawyer or the co-exec since then--until now. This co-exec has a most untrustworthy character and will do anything to cover her tracks and wrongdoings no matter who gets hurt along the way.
My question would be--am I required to sign papers--thru the mail--because I'm certainly not flying in to do it--on a closed estate. I feel that they can go to the court house in Pennsylvania and get any info they need to prove that I was there when the will was probated. Besides, isn't the word or letter of a lawyer--bonded agent of the courts--good enough?
Both co-executrixes live 500 miles apart and haven't had any contact since the estate was completed.
It seems now, that the one co-exec, along with the lawyer hired to guide us through, held out on transferring the house to the proper inheritor (without the knowledge of the other co-exec-me) and now the inheritor is moving and trying to sell the house. Title co and real estate say he can't unless both signatures are on some papers to prove that the estate was probated and that both co-exec were there.
I have a problem with signing anything to do with the estate, since my responsibilities ended when the estate was settled 4 yrs ago. and there has been no contact with the lawyer or the co-exec since then--until now. This co-exec has a most untrustworthy character and will do anything to cover her tracks and wrongdoings no matter who gets hurt along the way.
My question would be--am I required to sign papers--thru the mail--because I'm certainly not flying in to do it--on a closed estate. I feel that they can go to the court house in Pennsylvania and get any info they need to prove that I was there when the will was probated. Besides, isn't the word or letter of a lawyer--bonded agent of the courts--good enough?