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my mother passed away in jan 2000 she had a living trust naming my two sisters 30% each one grandchild 10% and myself at 30%.
my mother named my eldest sister as the trustee. I had been living with my mother for the past 10 years. approx. one year prior to my mothers death my sister re-married and moved to london and will not devulge her new address. she retained an attorney here in calif. and he is named as the attorney of record for the estate.
my mother had a savings account which she told us (prior to death) was to be distributed evenly among all of the grandchildren, this is not written into the trust, it was only a verbal request. after several months passed and after numerous requests as to why she had not disburst the money to the grandchildren she replied that she had been real busy but she would get around to it soon. a few more months passed and my mothers savings account statement arrivied indicating a 0 balance. i then contacted all of the grandchilden and none had received a cent. and i learned that they had purchased new cars and a number of other items. as you could imagine i was upset with my sister allowing this to happen. so i filed a civil case on behalf of all the grandchildren against my two sisters and the one (adult) grandchild. after my sisters became aware of the suit they filed a unlawful detainer and had me kicked out on the streets last may. i dropped my civil case and retained an attorney. since then they have sold the house and all property and after formal a request from my attorney have submitted the final accounting. stating the savings account was not a part of the trust and that my mother named just my two sisters as benificiaries likewise with the life insurance policies and other bank accounts.
just recently all of the grandchildten received a check in the mail for their part of the savings account which was the reason i filed the civil case to begin with, however the estate attorney is trying to surcharge my part of the estate for his time which he is claiming is around $30,000.00 furthermore he is filing a motion to remove me as a benificiary for filing the civil case claiming a contested the trust. however i did not contest the trust only the fiduciary's dudies.
i am homeless and have not received any funds from my sisters or the attorney but all the other benificiaries are paid.
my attorney seems to be draging his feet.
what do i do help!
my mother named my eldest sister as the trustee. I had been living with my mother for the past 10 years. approx. one year prior to my mothers death my sister re-married and moved to london and will not devulge her new address. she retained an attorney here in calif. and he is named as the attorney of record for the estate.
my mother had a savings account which she told us (prior to death) was to be distributed evenly among all of the grandchildren, this is not written into the trust, it was only a verbal request. after several months passed and after numerous requests as to why she had not disburst the money to the grandchildren she replied that she had been real busy but she would get around to it soon. a few more months passed and my mothers savings account statement arrivied indicating a 0 balance. i then contacted all of the grandchilden and none had received a cent. and i learned that they had purchased new cars and a number of other items. as you could imagine i was upset with my sister allowing this to happen. so i filed a civil case on behalf of all the grandchildren against my two sisters and the one (adult) grandchild. after my sisters became aware of the suit they filed a unlawful detainer and had me kicked out on the streets last may. i dropped my civil case and retained an attorney. since then they have sold the house and all property and after formal a request from my attorney have submitted the final accounting. stating the savings account was not a part of the trust and that my mother named just my two sisters as benificiaries likewise with the life insurance policies and other bank accounts.
just recently all of the grandchildten received a check in the mail for their part of the savings account which was the reason i filed the civil case to begin with, however the estate attorney is trying to surcharge my part of the estate for his time which he is claiming is around $30,000.00 furthermore he is filing a motion to remove me as a benificiary for filing the civil case claiming a contested the trust. however i did not contest the trust only the fiduciary's dudies.
i am homeless and have not received any funds from my sisters or the attorney but all the other benificiaries are paid.
my attorney seems to be draging his feet.
what do i do help!