Q: We are sure that my son's great grandmother had a will, but her son is withholding it in order to keep it. What can do?
Her son is saying there is no will, and that she wouldn't have wanted my son or his dad to have anything. We know this to be untrue, but we don't her attorney's name. He refuses to produce a will. He only expresses his opinion of why nobody should get anything. Doesn't her attorney have a legal obligation to notify whoever is in the will, within 90 days or so? We really don't know where to turn, but we're sure her son is trying to get things changed without our knowledge.
A:
Her attorney can't notify anyone of a legacy, if the attorney doesn't know she's dead.
Call her friends and find out if any of them know her lawyer's name.
If your child's father is dead, incompetent, in prison, or hospitalized, then you can hire an estate planning attorney to open a succession and get whatever share to which your son is entitled.
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