Q: Kansas probate law. A friend of mine is the beneficiary of her late husbands estate. The estate owns part of a business,
In which she gets a monthly check for. The checks started getting smaller a couple of years ago, and now she found out that the business actually sold over a year ago, and she was never informed, and her late husbands estate in which she’s the beneficiary of never got paid for the sale. The business was valued around $10mil. She doesn’t trust the executor of the estate because he is close to the family of the late husband and they are very snakey. After her monthly disbursement’s started getting smaller (60% smaller) she really started to wonder if she was getting screwed over but the executor assured her everything was ok. Now that the business sold, she is very worried. How can she rectify the situation?
A: Your friend needs to seek the advice of an attorney immediately. The issues touched upon in your question are much too difficult to address in a question and answer setting. There may be time-sensitive issues that must be address quickly or your friend may lose some potential remedies available to her. An experienced probate attorney is needed to review how the case has developed and what the current situation might be.
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