Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
determining estate information
My father-in-law recently
passed away. He has had
little to do with my husband
over the years but there was
sporadic contact; no child
support was ever provided.
my FIL has had 5 wives and
2 other children (one
biological and estranged,
one via in vitro and living with
her mother). We can obtain
no information about his
estate from his child or
ex-wife; we have no money
for an attorney. How would
my husband go about
claiming himself as a
survivor to my father-in-law's
estate? We do not have any
idea of his estate's value, but
there was much personal
property my husband would
like to have.
Thank you,
Paula
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: determining estate information
If he died with his estate having to be processed through his county's probate court, I suggest going there or calling there and asking the same question.