Q: My grandfather passed 2 mo/ago. I amlisted in his will. The lawyer has only had my grandfathers mail forwarded to him.
The lawyer has made no other efforts to locate any assets. Should he be doing more? I feel a little uneasy about the whole process. Especially if he does not locate the assets, what exactly am I paying him for?
A: The Florida Probate Attorney is there to help and guide, the main job is to get you named as the Personal Representative (PR) of the estate so that you can seek out assets via the Will, mail, personal records and files in deceased person's home and so forth. While the attorney can assist and advise and the level of extra guidance, help and hands on search you reference may vary from law office to law office, it usually and generally falls to you as the named Personal Representative of the Estate and or hiring an asset search company. You usually can find any additional assets through review of the mail and or speaking to the deceased person's financial institutions once named PR of the estate. I would further advise, these questions should be directed to your hired probate attorney on what has been discovered, what can and will be done or should be done and what they advise should be done in this probate case and the circumstances of this case. Any advice you would get here is too much guessing as we do not have all the details and facts.
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