What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maine
As I have written here before, my mother passed away in February. Today I got a letter from a lawyer, stating that my sister wanted to be named executor of my mother's estate. All well and good, my sister is a competent, astute businesswoman and honest.
It went on to say that my mother had a total of 3 living children who would qualify and one grandchild who is the son of her deceased son (my late brother, who passed away in 1996)
Does this mean my late brother's adult children are heirs to my mother's estate? I know the law is the law, but these people spent their lives stealing from my poor mother. They (and their lowlife mother) would "borrow" money from her and pay back not a cent. When my mother lived independently, I told her NOT to even let them in her house. My niece got my mother to cosign a $16,000 car loan and my mother had to pay the whole thing. When my mother was dying in the hospital, we made the last payment. When my mother lived with me, they would call her cell phone and she would say to me "I don't want to talk to them, they always have their hand out.
Please tell me there's a loophole to this. She didn't write a will...
As I have written here before, my mother passed away in February. Today I got a letter from a lawyer, stating that my sister wanted to be named executor of my mother's estate. All well and good, my sister is a competent, astute businesswoman and honest.
It went on to say that my mother had a total of 3 living children who would qualify and one grandchild who is the son of her deceased son (my late brother, who passed away in 1996)
Does this mean my late brother's adult children are heirs to my mother's estate? I know the law is the law, but these people spent their lives stealing from my poor mother. They (and their lowlife mother) would "borrow" money from her and pay back not a cent. When my mother lived independently, I told her NOT to even let them in her house. My niece got my mother to cosign a $16,000 car loan and my mother had to pay the whole thing. When my mother was dying in the hospital, we made the last payment. When my mother lived with me, they would call her cell phone and she would say to me "I don't want to talk to them, they always have their hand out.
Please tell me there's a loophole to this. She didn't write a will...