Q: Person not participating in inheritance procedures.
My brother refuses to be involved in signing papers needed regarding my fathers estate. My mother’s bank accounts are frozen and they have a house in PR. Also my father sold his car to his brother in PR before dying but no title was signed my brother refuses to sign an affidavit giving up his share of the vehicle like the rest of have to my uncle. He refuses by having no contact what’s so ever with family or returning affidavits.
A: If a required family member will not sign waivers, the party seeking to file the Petition for Probate or Administration will be required to seek the service of Citations from the Court.
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