Estates

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By deed, if you own it free and clear.

You can certainly request that it be your share of the estate. There is no specific right to the property.

You can read the Michigan law regarding intestate distribution at the link below.

No. The half owned by the dead person would go to their estate. However if the property is owned as joint tenants with right of survivorship ( JTWROS ) then the property would automatically be owned by the joint tenant.

Generally, for the purpose of making funeral arrangements and petitioning for probate:

In the United States and most Western countries a surviving spouse has the legal right to make decisions as the next of kin. In the Unites States and most Western countries when a parent dies leaving no surviving spouse, all his children are his next of kin NOT only the eldest son. Primogeniture, or the right of the eldest son to inherit, is obsolete. It has been relegated to history where it belongs.

In patriarchal cultures in the Middle East most favor a son or male relative.

For inheritance laws you can check the laws of intestacy for your state at the related question link provided below.

An Executor and an Administrator are two very different types of estate representatives.

An Executor is appointed by the probate court to settle the estate of a person who died testate or with a will. An Administrator is appointed by the probate court to settle the estate of a decedent who died without a will or intestate.

Someone who has been named as an Executor in a will must file the will with the probate court with a petition that the will be allowed and the Executor be appointed. The court will review the will to make certain it is technically valid under state laws and if there are no objections it will appoint the Executor. The Executor will be given the authority to settle the estate under the supervision of the probate court.


In the case of no will, some qualified person must petition the probate court to be appointed the Administrator. If there are no objections the court will appoint the Administrator and that person will have the authority to settle the estate under the supervision of the probate court.


In some cases and in some jurisdictions should the executor die or leave some tasks unfinished the court will appoint a successor to complete the settling of the estate. That person is called an Administrator with the will annexed or an Administrator de bonis non.

You have to file a petition requesting that the court declare them legally dead. How long you have to wait to file that petition depends on the circumstances--did they just disappear, were they in a plane that crashed but their body wasn't found, etc. If it's a case where they've simply disappeared, in most states you have to wait 7 years, but I believe in GA you only have to wait 4 years. For more information, you should seek the advice of a local estate attorney..

The Administrator must petition the court for a license to sell the real estate if the real estate is to be sold. If the heirs at law will be keeping the property the probate proceeding is a public record and it documents the transfer of the property to the heirs. You don't need to do anything else. When the heirs decide to sell the property they can execute a deed with their names as grantors and cite the probate case as their source of title.

It is a debt against the estate. It cannot be resolved once the estate is closed. The executor must have the courts permission to collect their bill.

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If there is no will, most states distribute the assets that way. You would have to look at the specific probate laws for the state in question. And if there is a will the estate will be distributed according to the wishes of the decedent. If the children from a previous marriage are minors, the court may over ride the will to prevent them from becoming wards of the state.

No. That is generally determined by state law in the probate code.

One of the richest people in Vermont is Robert Stiller. Robert is worth 580 million dollars. Forrest and Frank Mars live in Vermont and are worth about 20 billion dollars.

You don't unless he wishes to tell you or he has granted you Power Of Attorney to oversee his personal and financial affairs. Such information is confidential between the attorney and his or her client.

More than likely it will, along with anything else he owned.

The executor should be reported to the court that made the appointment. The executor should be removed for a breach of their fiduciary duty. The court can appoint a successor trustee.

yes

It is likely the only option is to file a lawsuit and present evidence that the property was fraudulently conveyed to the person who now holds title.

interim distribution

It depends on how many witness signatures there are, most places require at least two. If there is more than one copy, and the witness remembers signing one of the copies, they can attest to that in court, but that can be suspect in trying to prove that the one they signed was identical to the one being presented.

If it was a typed will, there could be a problem, particularly if someone contests the will. If no one contests the will, the executor can use it to distribute the estate.

You must express your complaint to the court that made the initial appointment, and provide examples of the irrational behavior. The court will review the matter and render a decision.

how can i find out if i have an inheritace?

In writing.