Upon his remarriage, his will became null and void, as his spouse became co-owner of the estate.
Insurance money is a contract and is normally outside the estate. The adult children would have no rights to it.
yes there is. if your mother remarried and then remarried again it would be considered your second step father.
The mother can file a claim against the father's estate. She should seek legal advice or speak with a court advocate about how and what to file.
Beyonce's father has not yet remarried.
That is one of the purposes of the probate process. The debts are taken care of first of all. Then the executor will have the ability to have a new will drawn up and the estate distributed.
The insurance beneits will go to the person(s) your father named as beneficiary(ies) when he purchased the policy, if any benefits are distributed at all. Some insurance will not pay benefits on suicide.
If your father owned real estate in his own name when he died you must present the Will to probate court to have it allowed and to be appointed the executor. That is the only means by which the title to the real estate can be legally transferred to you. Also, if he had bank accounts in his own name, your appointment as executor will provide legal access to those accounts. If there is a simple estate involved perhaps the court staff will assist you in filing the documents yourself. If more complex then you should seek the advice of an attorney.
Alternate ExecutorsThis will depend on the Probate [sometimes called "Succession"] law of the state in which the deceased [who assigned your father as executor] lived, and thus the will was probated.Usually, the will for which your father was named executor will have a statement naming an alternate (s) executor in the event the named executor [your father in this case] is unable, for any reason, or unwilling to serve in that capacity.If there was no provision for appointing an alternate executor then the Probate law of the state in which the deceased lived will determine the assignment of a new executor.In this type of situation, it would not be uncommon for your mother to be named by the Probate Court as the replacement executor [called an "executrix" in the case of a female].
You cannot physically see the Will of your deceased father-in-law unless you are named as a beneficiary or executor in the Will. To access the contents of the Will, you would typically need to request a copy from the executor of the estate or the probate court overseeing the administration of the estate.
No, they divorced when he was about 6. His father remarried when he was 6 or 7, and his mother remarried last April.
The first child born to the executor of the will of Francesco Petrarch, considered the father of humanism, was named Giovanni.
If the girlfriend is still alive then she can change her beneficiary. If she died and didn't change her beneficiary then you may have a claim if her estate went to your father. You should speak to an attorney. You refer to a "policy holder" in your question as well as an "estate". If the subject is a life insurance policy and your father was the beneficiary but was deceased when the insured died then be aware that the girlfriend probably named a contingent beneficiary on her policy.