Q: Who do I contact for trust docs if the trustee and trustor are deceased??
After my mother passed I found out that she created a trust.. Since she passed, the trustee has also passed and the firm no longer operates under the same name and I was wondering how do I go about locating these documents and who do I contact now that the trustee it's deceased also.
A:
If you contact a probate attorney in your area, he/she can email the local law firms to see if anyone had your mother's file. If not, then you can operate as if there's no trust document. This would mean that your mother's heirs inherit the trust assets. Assuming she wasn't married at the time of death, the heirs would be her child or children.
Regardless, you'll definitely want to start by having a consultation with a probate lawyer in your area. This meeting could be free or inexpensive.
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