Was AZ her state of legal residence, or did she happen to be in AZ when she died, but she actually lived elsewhere?She died intestate, and the relevant laws of Arizona will govern the estate.
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A friend of mine living in California has a mother who is dying in Chandler, Arizona, about 400 miles away. She will probably not regain consciousness, and has no will. As far as my friend knows, there is not much estate value other than a mobile home, which is owned outright and solely by the mother, and is worth about $40,000. There are a total of 6 daughters, of which my friend is one. The mother's husband (and father of all six daughters) died about 2 years ago at that home- no new husband. One of the daughters has been living in the mobile home with her mother on and off for about 8 years, and has been paying rent. That daughter (who is a cancer survivor) claims that she intends take the mobile home, and some of the other daughters are agreeing to let her have it. My friend wants to have one sixth of her mother's estate value because she believes that it is her legal right. My friend is worried that she will not receive her proper portion of the estate because it seems her sister(s) may be trying to deprive her of her inheritance. What is her inheritance? How should she proceed to protect whatever inheritance rights she has? Thanks in advance....
Lets be a little bit realistic here. 40k divided by 6 is 6667.00/Sorry to responders- for some reason, the text of my post did not show up in original post. Here is the text I intended to put in the original post:
A friend of mine living in California has a mother who is dying in Chandler, Arizona, about 400 miles away. She will probably not regain consciousness, and has no will. As far as my friend knows, there is not much estate value other than a mobile home, which is owned outright and solely by the mother, and is worth about $40,000. There are a total of 6 daughters, of which my friend is one. The mother's husband (and father of all six daughters) died about 2 years ago at that home- no new husband. One of the daughters has been living in the mobile home with her mother on and off for about 8 years, and has been paying rent. That daughter (who is a cancer survivor) claims that she intends take the mobile home, and some of the other daughters are agreeing to let her have it. My friend wants to have one sixth of her mother's estate value because she believes that it is her legal right. My friend is worried that she will not receive her proper portion of the estate because it seems her sister(s) may be trying to deprive her of her inheritance. What is her inheritance? How should she proceed to protect whatever inheritance rights she has? Thanks in advance....
Why should you receive further responses to a (possibly hypothetical) scenario?Much thanks. Any additional responses/info appreciated.
Usually, whoever is appointed by the court to administer the probate estate.How is the value of the estate (negative or positive) determined; and who determines it?
The resident sister only has to compensate any other heirs not willing to gift their interests to the resident sister. And nothing says that the resident sister has to buy your friend's 1/6 interest.It appears to me that he only entity that can donate the value of my friend's share of the estate to her sister is my friend. I don't understand the reference to a "costly forced sale". Seems to me, the sister wishing to solely own the mobile home must compensate any other inheritor(s), based on one sixth of a reasonable determination of its value.
Coroner's Office?Also, I am going to contact the Coroner's Office in the area with jurisdiction.
Who is covering the medical bills? If medicaid is involved, then they will do an estate recovery once mom passes, require the sale of the home and use those funds to recoup a [most likely] small portion of the funds they expended paying for the medical care.Sorry to responders- for some reason, the text of my post did not show up in original post. Here is the text I intended to put in the original post:
A friend of mine living in California has a mother who is dying in Chandler, Arizona, about 400 miles away. She will probably not regain consciousness, and has no will. As far as my friend knows, there is not much estate value other than a mobile home, which is owned outright and solely by the mother, and is worth about $40,000. There are a total of 6 daughters, of which my friend is one. The mother's husband (and father of all six daughters) died about 2 years ago at that home- no new husband. One of the daughters has been living in the mobile home with her mother on and off for about 8 years, and has been paying rent. That daughter (who is a cancer survivor) claims that she intends take the mobile home, and some of the other daughters are agreeing to let her have it. My friend wants to have one sixth of her mother's estate value because she believes that it is her legal right. My friend is worried that she will not receive her proper portion of the estate because it seems her sister(s) may be trying to deprive her of her inheritance. What is her inheritance? How should she proceed to protect whatever inheritance rights she has? Thanks in advance....
I think it bears repeatingWhy does your friend think there will be anything left at all?
And, a trailer in Arizona that's worth $40,000? That must be the Taj Mahal of trailers!