Q: My grandmother was murdered in her home April 3rd I flew here to bury her and claim the estate I can’t find her will
The island is locked down and I need to know how to claim this estate so I can sell the house where do I go to do these things? I have found the deed but not the will I know she had one but I can’t find it and her attorney died two years ago
A:
Hello and thank you for using Justia. All Testaments (Wills) suscribed by an Attorney/Notary Public have to be registered in the Office of Inspections of Notary Publics(ODIN). You will be able to get a certification of existance. Once you have the certification you then visit the Office of Notary Archives in the Municipality where the Testament was made( where her Lawyer's Office was). Your next step would be to Probate the Testament, create the Estate and then file the Inheritance Tax Return. With the Tax release from the Tax Return filed you will register the property under the names of the Inheritors. Now you can liquidate the Estate by
selling the property.
If you need additional information please feel free to contact me directly.
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