Newlydivmomto4
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California/Wisconsin/Illinois
My uncle was declared incompetent by the state earlier this year (Alzheimer's) and the state of Wisconsin appointed my sister as guardian of him as well as his estate. My sister lives in California, so she moved him out there (with Wisconsin's permission) so he would be closer to family. Unfortunately after a fall late last week, my uncle passed away this morning. He had a will, but the executor in the will died a few years ago. We are hoping that my sister will be appointed executor, he was not married, no kids, parents deceased, brothers and sister deceased as well. The closest relatives he had are myself, my sisters and my cousins, all of which agreed to my sister being appointed guardian.
Would my sister being guardian make it a little simpler to appoint her executor? He has a spot next to his parents in a cemetery in Illinois, is there extra filing that needs to be done since he wanted to be buried somewhere other than Wisconsin? Does anything need to be done in California other than what the funeral home will do to transport the body back to Illinois? Right now we are at a standstill legally wise because no courts are open until Tuesday. I have called funeral homes in both states as well as the cemetery to get everything lined up. In order to get everything rolling we would have to start paying out funeral homes in order to get things rolling.
My uncle was declared incompetent by the state earlier this year (Alzheimer's) and the state of Wisconsin appointed my sister as guardian of him as well as his estate. My sister lives in California, so she moved him out there (with Wisconsin's permission) so he would be closer to family. Unfortunately after a fall late last week, my uncle passed away this morning. He had a will, but the executor in the will died a few years ago. We are hoping that my sister will be appointed executor, he was not married, no kids, parents deceased, brothers and sister deceased as well. The closest relatives he had are myself, my sisters and my cousins, all of which agreed to my sister being appointed guardian.
Would my sister being guardian make it a little simpler to appoint her executor? He has a spot next to his parents in a cemetery in Illinois, is there extra filing that needs to be done since he wanted to be buried somewhere other than Wisconsin? Does anything need to be done in California other than what the funeral home will do to transport the body back to Illinois? Right now we are at a standstill legally wise because no courts are open until Tuesday. I have called funeral homes in both states as well as the cemetery to get everything lined up. In order to get everything rolling we would have to start paying out funeral homes in order to get things rolling.