Q: Biobiologicaa father dies and has no surviving spouse has a deceased son with living children, an adopted daughter and
A biological daughter living at the time of death. There is a will naming one of the deceased sons children as a heir receiving 45 acres and the living bio daughter receiving 47 acres the house and everything in it and on those acres and listing the adopted daughter with 1 acre of land. .... But before anything is filed in probate court people start passing out property and taking things and giving things away moving into houses signing over their own home to another fam member not even 180 days after tge father dies the only biological daughter commits suicide stating that she could not handle the stress of all the probate stuff that it was a mistake leaving her with all of it and that she made alot of legal mistakes so she commited suicide before a lawyer could file anything with the courts. Instead the executor didnt get things in gear until 2 days after her death. How does this leave things for the adopted child that was left the 1 acre? Also adopted kid never git notice
A:
Typically, the Probate Court will go to great length to see that the Decedant's wishes as expressed in his or her Last Will and Testament are honored - unless, someone can prove up some type of undue influence. Undue influence doesn't seem to be the issue here.
Thus, things look pretty good for anyone specifically named in the Will.
Because of my impression from your narrative of all the moving parts, it sounds like some stuff may need to be undone, or redone properly - you should seriously consider contacting a lawyer.
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