captainhowdy
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I recently became the representative for my uncle's estate.He was just beginning the process on becoming representative for my Grandmothers estate in which she left everything to him and he passed away.Since he was not finished with her estate I am not in the process of taking over the reigns of her estate as representative so we can get this thing finished.Years ago my uncle set up a checking account with both our names on it so I could write checks in case anything happened to him and he told me that I was to pay all his bills,cremation costs and anything that was needed to take care of getting "things" done and then to split what was left between the kids.My deal is that at first the lawyer we retained told me that was my money and I could do whatever I wanted to do with it but to be careful on what i spent it on.Which I was planning on and have only spent it on what my uncle told me to.Then I get a call form the lawyers assistant telling me that they found a sentence in my uncles will which basically makes that money an asset of his estate and that I should try to spend as little of it as possible.I got the feeling that this lawyer spent countless hours looking for sOMething to enable him to get his cut of this money which if that's the law then I have no problem with.The thing is that the house which belonged to my Grandmother which goes into my Uncle's estate has termites and leaking roof damage.I brought this up with the lawyer and his attitude is that I should get the roof fixed to stop leaking and put the termite problem on the back burner.My deal is that the house is an asset and the furniture in the house is also an asset so shouldn't they also be taken care of?I get the feeling that he does not want any money spent taking care of the termite problem because that will cut into the cash that he has his eye on.Should I just tell the guy I am going to get the house tented and take care of the problem plus get the leaking roof fixed with the money in my and my uncle's account and he needs to suck it up and back me up or should I fire him?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I recently became the representative for my uncle's estate.He was just beginning the process on becoming representative for my Grandmothers estate in which she left everything to him and he passed away.Since he was not finished with her estate I am not in the process of taking over the reigns of her estate as representative so we can get this thing finished.Years ago my uncle set up a checking account with both our names on it so I could write checks in case anything happened to him and he told me that I was to pay all his bills,cremation costs and anything that was needed to take care of getting "things" done and then to split what was left between the kids.My deal is that at first the lawyer we retained told me that was my money and I could do whatever I wanted to do with it but to be careful on what i spent it on.Which I was planning on and have only spent it on what my uncle told me to.Then I get a call form the lawyers assistant telling me that they found a sentence in my uncles will which basically makes that money an asset of his estate and that I should try to spend as little of it as possible.I got the feeling that this lawyer spent countless hours looking for sOMething to enable him to get his cut of this money which if that's the law then I have no problem with.The thing is that the house which belonged to my Grandmother which goes into my Uncle's estate has termites and leaking roof damage.I brought this up with the lawyer and his attitude is that I should get the roof fixed to stop leaking and put the termite problem on the back burner.My deal is that the house is an asset and the furniture in the house is also an asset so shouldn't they also be taken care of?I get the feeling that he does not want any money spent taking care of the termite problem because that will cut into the cash that he has his eye on.Should I just tell the guy I am going to get the house tented and take care of the problem plus get the leaking roof fixed with the money in my and my uncle's account and he needs to suck it up and back me up or should I fire him?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?