Medina, TN asked in Family Law and Probate for Tennessee

Q: My father passed with out a will. His current wife will not split things with me and my brother. Her name isn't on bank

Her name isn't on his bank account or anything. He had just come into a large amount of money bUT he didn't leave a beneficiary he told the lady at the bank he would come back later and do it when his wife wasn't around. His current wife refuses to give me and my brother any thing of our dads and we are his only children. Is there anything we can do.

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Leonard Robert Grefseng
Leonard Robert Grefseng
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  • Estate Planning Lawyer
  • Columbia, TN
  • Licensed in Tennessee

A: Like it or not, you and your brother and the wife all inherit from your father if there was no will. You will have to file court papers to "open an estate" and then the court can supervise how the money and property will be split up. Remember, the deceased's debts and funeral expenses will also need to be paid before anyone inherits. You should consult an experienced probate lawyer asap.

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