Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Illinois

can and how to petition the court without an attorney...this concerns an estate, I am 1/7 heir, my 1/2 sister is the exec...this has gone on for 1 1/2 years and to my knowledge never settled...I contacted my sister for status, no reply, I have had an attorney and my cost has been 11,000. plus there are 3 other atty. involved...the estate gets smaller every day because of atty. fees. I just want to go before the judge and get him to provide a times to say sell the assets, split the proceeds and close this


Asked on 12/26/10, 7:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cyndi Perez Trostin

In order to petition the court yourself, you can not be represented by an attorney.

Sometimes probate estates go on for many months, or even years, due to property issues (property needs to be sold, but can't), debt or creditor issues, or litigation involving the estate.

If there are 4 attorneys involved, my guess would be that there is some kind of issue holding up the estate's distribution. Perhaps you need to sit down with your attorney to discuss what his/her strategy is to get the estate matters closed. The answer will let you know what should be done next.

Good luck to you.

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Answered on 12/31/10, 9:23 am


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