Q: I need to get access to the copy of my mother's will that's in a safe in Bloomfield, NJ where the law office put it
She made up her will in 1975 and it leaves any and all income to my sister and myself, but it doesn't mention us by name and it was never signed, which may be how the law office did it at that time. I need your help so I can get her affairs in order. The copy of her will is I a safe in Bloomfield, NJ and I live in Nashville, TN now so getting it all wrapped up is very stressful. Please help
A:
It does not sound like an actual Will by any State's standards. It may be best or even the only option for your Mother to die intestate. You may wish to do a title search in any County where she might have owned land.
You also might contact the owner the Safe and request him to open it. But again if the paper writing is as you say, it is not a Will.
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