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stuckinthemiddl

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The state is Connecticut. My husband is the executor of his mother's will. His brother's new wife "works" on a very part-time basis for an attorney and took the will to be probated. We have the probate papers now and the beneficiaries list the children of his deceased sister as benficiaries. The will states the estate to be divided between the three children including his deceased sister equally. What does this mean in relation to his sister's children?

Thank you for your assistance.
 


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advisor10

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1-12-2002

DEAR STUCK:

It appears to mean that, if no specific amounts were listed for the children, that whatever amount your deceased sister will receive from the estate, that amount will be divided equally among how ever many children the deceased sister has.

Is your husband the official executor of the will? Technically, he should have been the one to file the document at the courthouse, NOT the brother's new wife, although that is only a minor point that doesn't mean anything now, as long as your husband did eventually receive legal papers authorizing him to act as executor.

SINCERELY,

advisor
 

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