Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Oregon

Probate Law

Three people were in my mother's will my step father, my brother, and me the sister or step daughter. My brother could not be found to give him his part of the inheirtance. That was $1,000 in 1992. The personal representative donated these funds to the state of Oregon where our mother died. This was done in 2007. Shouldn't his inheirtance have gone to his next of kin? And to whom would that have been? He did have two children and the personal representative was aware of this information.


Asked on 9/03/08, 4:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Susan Burns Law Office of Susan Ford Burns

Re: Probate Law

Actually, the funds were not "donated" to the State of Oregon, they are held by the state as unclaimed property. Your brother, or his children, if they can prove he is dead, can collect this money at any time.

Oregon's website to search for unclaimed funds is:

http://mscfprod2.iservices.state.or.us/dsl/unclaimed_property/search.cfm

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Answered on 9/03/08, 5:21 pm


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