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agnesh
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my dad died january 2001. in texas . he resided in houston. my sisters and i went to houston. his wife of 20+ yrs. told us he had no will. we told her (verbally) we wanted her to have the house, car, ss, anything they had together. at funeral home we are literally follwed around by briefcase carrying, pen in hand attorney wanting us to sit down and formally sign some document. NOT a good time, we asked him to back off. after funeral we (sisters) find out there is a will from a relative of ours in pennsylvania who had died a few months before my dad, naming him and a 2nd cousin of ours (sisters). In that will (i saw briefly only once) in case of dad's death then to his heirs. Now, we really back off. at that point, i wanted to have more information. did not receive more information.
in sept. 2001 i receive a letter from this attorney (same one) requesting that i sign the enclosed document, have it notarized and send it back. the document is very brief...something like I........release all ..now and in the future...to his widow. i did NOT sign this....there was nothing stating WHAT i was signing off on?!? one of my sisters said "don't do anything, the court will have to contact us."
now, i receive a letter feb 2002 from same lawyer (not a good feeling about this guy or my father's wife) with copies of the "Order Admitting the enclosed holographic will of...(my father)...into probate as a muniment of title." lawyer stated in the letter it was necessary to admit the will to probate as a muniment of title in the absence of a response to his sept 2001 letter.
the will does appear to be his writing and signed by him, dated dec 1984; no witness, no notary. it is however stamped as a certified copy, dec 19 2001, filed with county clerk dec 2001, and purported will. (3 stamps) it is very brief, but does state "to my wife if she shall survive me, or if she shall not survive me then equally to our surviving children" they had no children together.
there is also a copy of an order admitting will to probate as a muniment of title document certified by same , but on dec 20 2001
and filed by his wife.
what do i do now? 1) we do not want her to benefit from the will in pennsylvania 2)we feel we were lied to regarding a will ! why?
i would like my sisters and i to benefit from the will in pennsylvania as i feel it is our family. HELP!
in sept. 2001 i receive a letter from this attorney (same one) requesting that i sign the enclosed document, have it notarized and send it back. the document is very brief...something like I........release all ..now and in the future...to his widow. i did NOT sign this....there was nothing stating WHAT i was signing off on?!? one of my sisters said "don't do anything, the court will have to contact us."
now, i receive a letter feb 2002 from same lawyer (not a good feeling about this guy or my father's wife) with copies of the "Order Admitting the enclosed holographic will of...(my father)...into probate as a muniment of title." lawyer stated in the letter it was necessary to admit the will to probate as a muniment of title in the absence of a response to his sept 2001 letter.
the will does appear to be his writing and signed by him, dated dec 1984; no witness, no notary. it is however stamped as a certified copy, dec 19 2001, filed with county clerk dec 2001, and purported will. (3 stamps) it is very brief, but does state "to my wife if she shall survive me, or if she shall not survive me then equally to our surviving children" they had no children together.
there is also a copy of an order admitting will to probate as a muniment of title document certified by same , but on dec 20 2001
and filed by his wife.
what do i do now? 1) we do not want her to benefit from the will in pennsylvania 2)we feel we were lied to regarding a will ! why?
i would like my sisters and i to benefit from the will in pennsylvania as i feel it is our family. HELP!
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