Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts

Re: Probate

You should contact the executor and check on the status of the estate. As an interested party, you are entitled to see the will. You should be aware, however, that even though you are an interested party, you may not be named in the will to receive anything.

Please let me know if I can assist you, either in getting a copy of the will, or in contacting the executor.

Good luck.

Re: Probate

You can get the ball rolling by sending a certified letter to the executor formally requesting a copy of the Inventory, the Account, and your funds. If that gets you nowhere -- which it probably will -- you should hire a Massachusetts attorney, as there are formal procedural steps that need to be followed to file a demand for an account and otherwise put some teeth behind your claims. Your letter will be helpful to your attorney because it will show that you tried to resolve the matter on your own but got nowhere.

Please feel free to contact me if I can be of assistance.

Re: Probate

You should appear as an interested party in the probate proceeding. If the Executor is not doing his job, ask the court to make you or someone else the executor. I don't know why a court clerk would tell you to expect a check in one year. Nothing could be more rediculous. You must monitor all of the proceedings to assure your inheritance and be willing to be active.

Re: Probate

You should contact the Executor and ask to see the WIll and the accounting as filed with the Court.

If he does not respond, you should contact an attorney and seek a Court Order for an accounting and a response as to when the estate will be finalized.