Q: Do heirs have rights to any paperworks receipts,etc of an estate? Brother/I being refused info by attorney & executor
No affv., no letters of office, refusal of copy of anything ive supposed to have signed, executor getting early advances for personal reasons without heirs knowing, and others heirs being refused advances, heirs being blocked from clio portals from seeing whats going on or info being sent to executor, refusal of personal items that were stored in estates storage facility before/after descendent death & password/locks changed 6months after, because heir filed for early advance with an inheretance company right before hand, now both heirs have been blocked of communication with executor, only for executor to contact heirs when she feels like talking or wants something by demand. Then having a non heir sign paperwork & agree on things instead of actual heir being present.
A: You should be able to consult with the executor and his/her attorney. Alternatively, you can go to the court clerk's office and request to look at the file yourself. Additionally, you can hire an attorney whose job it is to advise you of our rights and secure access to information.
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