Q: My father recently passed away. He said he had a will and named his executor but the executor refuses to let me see it.
The executor has already sold everything my father owned and has taken over his accounts. My daters estate was in excess of 4 million dollars as the will was not submitted to probate. My father just passed away on August 22, 2017. Is there anything I can do about the way his executor handled my father's will.
A: There is no executor without a probated will. If you know what the will says, it might help. But the sole called executor might have been on his signature card, deeds, stock certificates, etc. You need to hire a competent attorney to investigate several different things. If the so called executor previously had a power of attorney, and many of the transactions were to him, then they are presumptively fraudulent and might be set aside. A good lawyer will charge a substantial retainer and will want a percentage of the recovered estate. If there are other heirs-at-law and next-of-kin, then it would be better to get all of them involved. It sounds like you have been waiting around which makes everything more difficult to correct.
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