I am in Missouri and my brother, the only other person named in a Family Trust that our parents created in 2006 or 07 filed a case in probate in Hillsbough County with an attorney down there after out Mother passed away.
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Is that attorney responsible, and/or does he have any laws that require him to not file a outdated will (dated 1994) from our Mother AND the Family Trust?
He filed both of those documents without properly informing me that I was named the successor in The Family Trust.
The paperwork for the trust was found by my brother approx 2 years before our Mother passed away. We had been looking for it since 2011 when our father passed away in 2011. I had taken care of our Mom for appr 3 years in my home as well the condo in Arkansas and unfortuately it was under their bed. One of the two places I hadn't searched. The attic was the other.
The condo was removed from the trust by him and sold. He told me, "I'm sorry Jack I sold it." when I asked if I could stay there after he moved Mom down to Florida. In addition it was a memory care facility since she was unable to care fully for herself. He also transfered bank accounts to another bank and closed out CD's, etc.
Surey there is more. I just would think not only my brother shoud be held accountable but that attorney and I would think has some standards to uphold in a case like this.
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Is that attorney responsible, and/or does he have any laws that require him to not file a outdated will (dated 1994) from our Mother AND the Family Trust?
He filed both of those documents without properly informing me that I was named the successor in The Family Trust.
The paperwork for the trust was found by my brother approx 2 years before our Mother passed away. We had been looking for it since 2011 when our father passed away in 2011. I had taken care of our Mom for appr 3 years in my home as well the condo in Arkansas and unfortuately it was under their bed. One of the two places I hadn't searched. The attic was the other.
The condo was removed from the trust by him and sold. He told me, "I'm sorry Jack I sold it." when I asked if I could stay there after he moved Mom down to Florida. In addition it was a memory care facility since she was unable to care fully for herself. He also transfered bank accounts to another bank and closed out CD's, etc.
Surey there is more. I just would think not only my brother shoud be held accountable but that attorney and I would think has some standards to uphold in a case like this.