Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts
Should any grandchildren be notified of their grandmothers will if they are not listed in it? My daughter was notified by mail of the reading of the will but was told by the lawyer she was not getting anything so why was she notified in the first place and i thought no one knew what was in that will till it was read and not scheduled to be read till 4/13/2012 in bristol county mass
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your daughter may be getting notice because she is an heir at law. In MA, when a person dies leaving a will, all people named in the will receive notice and all people who would have received from her estate if she had died with no will also receive notice. Is this your daughter's paternal grandmother (her dad's mother)? If so and he has passed away, she is receiveing notice becuase she is an heir at law through him.
There is usually no "reading of the will" anymore, The date in the notice is probably the "return date" for the estate. This means that if anyone wants to object to the allowance of the will or to the appointment of the executor named in the will, he or she must file an objection on or before 10:00 a.m. on the date stated in the notice.
Your daughter can request a copy of the will from the attorney representing the estate if she wishes.
Please let me know if I can be of assistance.
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