Q: My brother misled everyone about the will & the expensive jewelry pieces are "missing".
ROANOKE, VA NOT MASON, OH...My brother is the executer of my aunt's will that died Nov 2019. He's lied to all of us, supposedly the only 3 expensive pieces of jewelry are "missing" & he told the insurance inventory there wasn't any. He's a jerk to everyone, partly because he didn't want to be the executor to begin with.
She left me 10k, but he keeps saying he's still waiting on insurance to pay bills. They pay up to 96%! Overseas company.
She died before the house sold to my neice, so the will called for it to go to my brother, "specifically to sell to"... for 170k. Public records show it sold in Jan for 185k.
He told me it went to probate, but the county said her estate didn't require it.
A: This is the second time I've read this question, but I still don't have an answer you can DIY without a lot more interviewing and potential filing. You need a lawyer, and the lawyer may be able to petition for you to be executor because your brother declines to serve. If the estate is too small to warrant entry of appearance by a lawyer, you could perhaps purchase consulting legal services as an attorney advisor, and you could pay that lawyer for the legal work while you perform the administrative work.
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