Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

Re: administration of trust

When you say nothing has been done on the trust.... do you mean there has been no distributions, or that no one has begun trust administration? These are two totally different issues, the first is very common and is most likely not something you can force in court, the later can be more complicated. If the problem is that your sister has not filed the will with the court and started trust procedures, then you do have an actionable claim. One way to handle this, if your sister refuses to administer the trust, would be to file for probate on the individuals estate. This will force your sister to produce the will and file to have probate removed (which will also force her to begin trust administration). Then if your sister is still not doing her job, the trust should have procedures in place to allow a change in trustee.

Once again, if what you are concerned about is that you have not recieved a distribution.... this is extremely common, trust administrations often take over a year to disperse. Especially if it is a large estate, invovled complicated issues, debts or tax problems.