Q: What rights do I have if my dad left no will, had no bills and my sister the oldest took charge of his estates ?
My sister the oldest who has handled all his estates has lied to me about him having life insurance, which I found out he did have one. She also won’t give me any of my dad’s belongings or part of the estate. So my question if there is no will left meaning no named benificiary then was was my dads life insurance sent to my sister? Was it because she was the PR of his estates? Am I entitled to part of that? She has give my mom his ex part of it she gave my brother some to,jjust not me. Also I’ve asked her if I could possibly have my dads car since he had nothing he owed for the estates and his car was paid off, I have no car and could really use one right now but she keeps telling me lies any which way she could to make sure I don’t get anything. It’s cruel!! It really hurts me I didn’t think family can act this way. How do I go about looking up everything about life insurance and about estates to make sure she is telling me the truth on everything.
A:
This is a complicated one.
If your father died with no will then everything subject to probate passes intestate. Life insurance is often not subject to probate but it can be. If it passes intestate, if you and your sister are your father’s only living relatives then you may be entitled to a share of that. Divorced spouses often do not count.
I think at this point you need to reach out to an attorney to help you look into this. If your father had life insurance, I am sure there is an attorney out there who would take the time to look at it.
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