Q: If unmarried parent dies in Missouri & no will, to settle estate should we hire lawyer in MO or TN where we live?
Elderly parent lived in nursing home, on social security and medicaid, passed away. She had no will and divorced. Trying to settle her estate and get mail forwarded to us. So settling estate is left to us, since my husband's brother had pretty much disowned mom and had nothing to do with her and husband is the only other offspring. We have been told by post office that we need a legal document other than death certificate to get her mail forwarded to us. Can we go through a Tennessee lawyer, where we live or do we have to go through a Missouri lawyer where his mom lived?
A: Generally, the deceased person's estate is governed by the law of the State where they resided at the time of death, so in this case, it sounds like you need a Missouri lawyer.
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