Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Florida

One of seven named in a Will

My aunt passed away a few months ago and left her estate to six surviving neices and her great grandson to be divided equally. Her grandson is the executor and he nor his sister are named in the will and will not receive anything. He has made it quite clear that he is not happy with this and is in no hurry to resolve the estate. (He did want to challange the will and rewrite it to include himself and his sister and drop our inheritence from approx. 55K TO 25k each and he and his sister would receive aprox. 100K each. Some of the neices said no so now he does not know when he will find the time to settle the estate. He is an attorney himself and sister is a judge but neither are in Forida. Is there any time frame inwhich he must complete the estate settlement or can he just drag this until eternity. Do we have any recourse?


Asked on 3/02/04, 8:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

Re: One of seven named in a Will

As the named personal representative he is obligated to pursue probate with reasonable speed. There is no set time period. If he is not proceeding diligently as a beneficiary you can petition the court to set time limits or have him substituted. Good luck.

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Answered on 3/02/04, 10:17 pm


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