Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania
my grandmother just passed away recently and we cannot find her will. I know that my father was with her when the will was created but the attorneys copy is not signed. She signed this will and kept it in her house where all of her children knew where it was. My father, his sister and two brothers all believe that their other brother went to my grandmas house and got the will after she died. This brother has been pestering my grandmother for property and she wouldn't give him any so she put that in her will that he was to get no property. what can we do. my dad was to get the propety and the rest of my aunts and uncles got to split the rest of her estate, house, car, condo....
i dont want the land to be owned by 5 people when it was promised to one.
What can we do about this. Probate will happen soon!!! Please help
1 Answer from Attorneys
Unfortunately, if the original Will or a signed copy of same cannot be located, then your Grandmother is going to be deemed to have died intestate (without a Will) and her estate is going to pass in accordance with Pennsylvania statutory law which means that the five siblings would be her heirs. If there is no Will located, then your father and his siblings stand equally in line to be appointed as Administrators of the estate. However, none of them can be appointed without the consent of the others. If it is essentially a four against one scenario, then you father and those on his side may want to consult an attorney to protect their respective interests in the estate. I would be happy to meet with them at no cost. Please feel free to contact me directly either by email at [email protected] or through our firm's website at www.americanwillsandestates.com. Thank you.
Lloyd A. Welling, Esq.
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