Q: Once a lawyer is involved in selling a house. Will the lawyer give the money to 1 person or each person named in a will?
My grandparents house was left to my mom and her 2 sisters. My mom passed and then my aunts decided to sell the house so they could do 50/50. They eventually had to get a lawyer involved. Turns out my step father gets 50% of my mother's portion and my sister and I split the other 50%. Will the lawyer give all the money to my aunts or will he/she give the money to everyone entitled?
A: The personal representative, assuming that is the lawyer, would be obligated to pay each person what he or she is entitled.
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