Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Georgia

Property is not transfered based on "telling someone something." Since he did not do it by a will and did not do a bill of sale or other gift, your fiance gets nothing. However, depending on details we do not know, YOU may have a claim and should see a lawyer immediately.

I agree with Attorney Ashman. Your father, if he wished certain things to happen, (a) would have done a will or (b) would have made a bill of sale. He didn't. His wishes, since they are unknown and not written are meaningless.

Did your father have a written will? If so, who is the beneficiary of things like tools and guns? If there is no written will, then how many other siblings are there besides you and your mother? If there is no will and only you and your mother, then you get 1/2 of your father's stuff after payment of debts. If you have siblings, then your mother gets 1/3rd of the estate and the children get 2/3rd. But it will depend on what assets were owned by your father and how they are titled and what debts are there in the estate.

I suggest that you take Attorney Ashman's advice and get to a probate lawyer who practices in the county where your father lived at the time of his death and where the estate is or will be administered.