Q: This is a matter about changing a Will in Massachusetts. My father passed in March 2020...continued below...
His wife and myself are the lone beneficiaries. The Will left me and his wife mid-six figure monies EACH. Each year my father's estate attorney disburses $40,000 for 15 years. In the Will, the person who dies first, the survivor recieves their remaining monies My father's wife died last month.
My question is, now that I am the lone beneficiary, can I recieve the remaining monies from his wife in one lump sum rather than being divvied up for the remianing 11 years or so? In the Will, my father did not provide how the remianing monies from the survivor is to be disbursed (one lump sum or $40,000/yearly until its all gone). As the LONE beneficiary, can the Will be changed or whatever, can / how can I receive his wife's money in one lump sum?
Thank you,
Steven
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