Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania

After selling the home

My Mom passed away without a will. There are 6 siblings. My oldest sis is administator of her estate. She has an estate attorney. We distributed all my Moms things between ourselves and sold the home. The estate attorney will not give us the money till after the first of the year. (not because of taxes). she first said the judges were on vacation between Nov and Dec. Now she is saying that she has to send letters to all us asking us if we got what we deserved form my moms home..this paper requires all our signatures. If one doesnt sign, IT GOES TO COURT. is this true? we already sold and distributed the contents of the home in fact people are living in the home already. Please respond asap! Are we being misrepresented? Can the administrator tell the estate attorney when to give us our money?


Asked on 11/16/06, 11:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Matthew Kelly Kelly Law

Re: After selling the home

The attorney seems to be protecting your sister's interest. In Pa creditor's have 1 year from the date of advertising to make a claim on the estate, if the money is distributed sooner, your sister as the executor would be personnaly responsible for paying creditor. Also seems like what attorney is looking for is a family settlement agreement, release and reciept, which would prevent things from going to court. I don't think you are being misled.

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Answered on 11/17/06, 10:04 am


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