Q: How is inheritance theft proven? When is it too late to make a claim on an estate?
My aunt is the only survivor of three children. When my grandmother died with a will my aunt did not administer her estate. My aunt did not perform an accounting or open probate. My aunt lied about an existing will and/or tried to alter it. She changed lawyers and stopped returning my calls. I gave up. Then I learned about per stripes. And realized the law may have been broken. It’s hard to decide whether it’s worth it to hire an attorney for this process not knowing what my grandmother left for me in her will. Before she died she was constantly asking my about how it was a shame her brothers children fought over his estate and she had made arrangements for that never to happen. Then the last time I saw her physically she asked me to be the executor if something happened with my aunt.
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