Q: Mom and Dad completed a will at the attorneys office about 20 years ago. At the time they lived in Florida.
In 2001 my Dad passed. In 2015 my sister moved my Mom with her to Iowa. Just a few months later my Mom was put in a nursing care facility and she just recently passed in Feb 2017 in Iowa. When arriving in Iowa my sister presented me with a will that looked like it was completed on some website. No attorney name only witness and notary. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2010 just before this date the web site will was completed. She had been sick prior to the diagnosis. The new so-called will names my sister as executor and there was also a POA. I also found that my sister sold my mothers home in Florida and my sister kept all the money. Is there anything I can do to contest this new web will? Is my sister just allowed to take all Mom's personal property and sell her house and keep all the money to herself while my mother with Alzheimer's is still alive. There also seems to be a lot of other money missing from my Moms account. Which my sisters name in on this account
A: You would need to hire a probate litigator to contest the will. Let me know if you would like to be put in touch with one. But expect to pay a 5-7k retainer. These cases can get expensive.
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