Q: brother stole my dads entire estate&sold it.I filed probate but I cant be admin. 4 travel 85% of year.should i sue civil
Its a very long story about horrible sibling & dad w/o a will & drug addict brother moved into guest house & basically stole the entire estate & undue influence.Im sure I can prove all 5 points of undue influence,. This was 3 years ago. I hired an attorney to start probate. He took my $2600 retainer fee & did nothing. (he did file paperwork but I had to go to court because clerk contacted me to tell me I had to go to court house to sign & give case number & other info. I had already done previous but he filed something else & he never responded to the courts & my own many efforts to contact him) I did file a complaint with the Bar & yes he has been found guilty of ethical violations,blah blah blah but I have not been refunded any money yet & I do not have the money to hire another lawyer. I am the only 1 who can file for admin. of estate for there is no one else but because of job I cant be the admin. The estate is gone, would it better for me to file civil or criminal lawsuit instead?
A:
Your question remains open for two weeks probably because this is not the type of matter that general civil litigation attorneys (the category in which you posted) ordinarily handle. If you added Probate - Estate Planning to your categories, an attorney who has insight to such matters might have a better chance of seeing your question. Good luck
Tim Akpinar
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