Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Trinidad and Tobago
My husband is the executor named in the will of his deceased sister. Her children are the beneficiaries of a property she left with certain conditions. My husband has a copy of the will and the beneficiaries have the original. They are unwilling to hand over the original will for him to initiate proceedings. Can he do anything about this? Is this against the law?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your husband (through his Attorney-at-Law) can write the beneficiaries and request that they provide him with the original will or if still unsuccessful the copy can be probated. The will cannot be probated without the involvement of the named executor unless he renounces or is passed over.
Is your husband to benefit from the will? What is his interest?
If your husband has not intermeddled with the estate he can renounce and let the chips fall as they may.
Anand Seepersad 786-3240
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