Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Virginia
Step-parent refuses to probate will
What is the rights of an adult child, when a parent dies inestate, and the step-mother refueses to let biological child review the will or probate it?
Asked on 8/05/08, 10:15 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
Re: Step-parent refuses to probate will
If the parent died intestate, there would be no will, but the child could apply to the local probate court for letters of administration to be appointed administrator of the parent's estate in the event that the decedent's surviving spouse declined to do so.
Answered on 8/11/08, 12:00 am