Monies not Listed in Trust
My apologies for the confusion and the errent subject header. My sister insisted on posting and she's not familiar with forums. I have tried to rectify the header. Thanks for your honest reply.
Here's the situation. My mother died November 09. She left a Trust naming me as Trustee and enumerating my four siblings as beneficiaries. Within said Trust she listed the house and all personal properties within. However she neglected to list monies held by Morgan Stanley et al. In essence, since my mother left no will, all the money is, as far as I know, is intestate.
Here's the problem: I contacted the administrator of all the monies and she, the admin, informed me that Morgan Stanely required some legal document to release the money. One was an Affidavit of something (I have forgotten the name) which two of my siblings refused to sign with no explanation on their part.
Then the admin said to get a Letters of Administration naming me as Executrix.
One: Filing and reading the forms given to me, which could have been written in cuneiform for as best I can ascertain, has been an undertaking of Brobdignaging efforts.
Two: The major question is - Do my brothers and sisters need to sign anything while, hopefully, the Letters of Administration wend their way through the court? I ask because there is a $355.00 filing fee and it would be pointless to pay that amount if the process ends up with my siblings refusing to sign again as I know they would.
Sorry again to be so lengthy but you did ask for particulars. : ) Also my apologies for any or all misspellings since there is no Spell Checked on this computer.
PancAshash, who hasn't posted in a forum in years