Q: Can Oregon Estate administration take money from an intestate heir AFTER probate has closed?
My wife’s father passed away a year after his mother passed. He never did anything with the money and had the account made in his name by his sister here in Ca. My wife was the sole intestate heir. Probate was held and has closed in Oregon where he lived. Oregon H& HS has told her that her father owed over 300k for social services which seems absurd. They have subpoenaed the bank where funds had been transferred by her Aunt (executor of her mother’s estate) into her father’s name for information as part of an “investigation”.
A: Unfortunately your question is far too complicated to answer online. Oregon Estate Administration should have received notice of your father-in-law's probate if the probate had been filed in Oregon. I strongly recommend your wife contact an experienced probate attorney to assist her. It is worth paying for an hour of time to get answers to your questions.
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