The executor is required to provide a full accounting. The court can request one on a regular basis.
The court will appoint an executor. Any person who is interested in the estate can petition to be appointed the executor: friend or family. The family can ask for a volunteer or ask someone they trust. Then, when the will is submitted for probate that person will also petition to be appointed the executor. You should consult with an attorney who specializes in probate. The rules are more strict for the appointment of an administrator.
The length of time for probate vary by county and state to state. But, mostly it depends on the executor as to how efficient they are in doing their duties after the probate process is complete. Find out who the executor (or admnistrator) is and ask them how long it will be before they start distributing the estate. ( You can find out who the executor is by viewing the will at your local Probate Court.)
Consult a probate attorney in your area. You can ask the court to appoint a new executor. They will have to provide a complete accounting to the court.
You can ask the executor to step down. You can also ask the court to appoint someone else. This would be a good time to consult a probate attorney in Alabama.
You need to submit the will to probate court for allowance and ask to be appointed the executor. If there is a different executor named in the will they may need to sign a declination.
First. An executor has no authority until the will has been filed with the probate court they have been appointed by the court. What you describe is against the law. You should report the situation to the court and ask the court to remove that executor and appoint a successor. You should also ask the court to order restitution by the executor.First. An executor has no authority until the will has been filed with the probate court they have been appointed by the court. What you describe is against the law. You should report the situation to the court and ask the court to remove that executor and appoint a successor. You should also ask the court to order restitution by the executor.First. An executor has no authority until the will has been filed with the probate court they have been appointed by the court. What you describe is against the law. You should report the situation to the court and ask the court to remove that executor and appoint a successor. You should also ask the court to order restitution by the executor.First. An executor has no authority until the will has been filed with the probate court they have been appointed by the court. What you describe is against the law. You should report the situation to the court and ask the court to remove that executor and appoint a successor. You should also ask the court to order restitution by the executor.
That is the duty of the executor, to be accountable for all distributions from the estate. They have to answer to the court.
Apply to the probate court. The forms typically have a place where someone can ask to be appointed as executor. Consult a probate attorney in your jurisdiction for specifics.
First, the executor has no legal authority until they have been appointed by the probate court. If you are named as executor in the Will, the attorney should make certain you have been given notice that the Will has been submitted to the probate court. Your name and the name of the co-executor named in the Will should be on the petition for probate. You should contact the attorney who has been consulted and ask her what, if anything, has been done with the Will and the probate process.
The executor of an estate as appointed by the decedent's will and approved by the Probate Court can request bank statements of a deceased person. An individual who jointly owns the account with the deceased can also request bank statements.
You ask the executor or administrator for an accounting. If they do not provide one, you ask the probate court to call the executor or administrator before it to produce the required accounting (and to post a fiduciary bond, while you're at it).
You haven't provided enough details.Have the heirs requested that the executor sell.Was the executor instructed to sell in the will.Was a license to sell issued by the probate court.Is the estate settled.If the executor was ordered to sell and hasn't made arrangements to market the property then you should complain to the probate court to compel them to carry out their duty or ask they be replaced. If the probate process is completed and the executor was under no obligation to sell the property, title has vested in the heirs and they can sell the property.