Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

unclaimed property

I was searching the unclaimed property data base for California, and I found that my now deceased grandmother has about 1,000 owed to her by the Controller of the State of California. Do I have any right to claim this property as her heir? My father is on drugs and I don't know if he is dead or alive, what part if any does he need to play in this? Thanks


Asked on 9/12/00, 2:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: unclaimed property

If she left a will, the property descends according to those provisions. If she did not, then her husband [if living] and her children inherit 1/2 each.

Grandchildren seldom inherit unless there is a will, although it is not impossible if everyone else is deceased, which is not your case.

Unfortunately you have no claim to this money unless you were a beneficiary under a will. If there was no will, your father has the claim, not you.

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Answered on 10/15/00, 10:42 pm


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