Florida. Thank you for your response. I know little about the law. My sister is the lawyer. She and my stepmother are the co-executors. Are all wills probated? I was told in 1990 by my sister that the trust agreement was set up for my stepmother to receive everything. When she dies, the estate would be divided 4 ways, me and my 2 siblings and my stepbrother. My stepmother is only a couple of years older than me and will probably outlive all of us. That's a good thing for her, of course, and my father should have taken that into consideration. However, he was so sick at the end, and there were many attorneys coming to the house to have him sign papers. Who knows what really happened during that time. I am the oldest sibling but was not as accepting of my father's new wife as my sister 'seemingly' was. Therefore, I was not made a co-executor and was never given copies of any paperwork. As for my 'just now asking about this information', after I got over the initial hurt I just tried not to think about it. What's done was done. But I have always been curious about the whole transaction. Just lately I've had time to go online to do some research but came up empty. In this case, the executors do know about the trust, and I suppose the attorneys are the trustee, not the court. ** I emailed you last night re my father's name and date of death. ** Thank you for your assistance.