Q: How to receive inheritance?
My Grandmother passed due to cancer within 6 months after her mother died. 8 months after my grandmother’s death, her father died. My grandmother has 4 living siblings and a surviving spouse. My father and my aunt, her only bio children have received no inheritance payment, there’s too much family drama, and as her grandchild I am trying to find out what I can do to settle the money madness in the family because neither my father nor aunt will pursue any research on their own inheritance. If you need any extra info, let me know
A: You need a probate attorney in the state where the deaths occurred and then you likely need to pursue a probate for each person individually in the order that they passed. You will want to check to see if there are any assets that need to go through probate, you will need to see if there are any Will's, you will need to see how property/deeds are titled. You will want to check in the county where they lived to see if any probate has as of yet been filed. Based on how assets are held will determine if a probate is needed and what type of probate is needed. At this point, it appears alot of preliminary research needs to be done to determine what assets exist and which ones need to be addressed. If there is no Will/s, then the Florida Intestate Statutes (without a will) are going to apply and this will determine who receives what.
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