Posted on 09/01/2022 8:55:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
“She died without a will. Estate goes to probate. It will be split up according to predetermined rules based on the number of heirs. There is no mystery here. No drama. No story. The more he fights the more he will lose to the lawyers.”
You should get your facts straight.
The second son is a minor and a guardian has to be appointed. The older son is not contesting or fighting.
“Homer Heche Laffoon”
What a burden of a name!
Almost everyone leaves someone behind when they die. Sometimes those people are far from reckless and narcissistic.
Having two people witness the signature and put a date on the paper can't hurt either.
Who says anyone is fighting? Distribution by intestacy is not automatic; one still needs to file a probate action. The brothers will take everything equally. No will do the 20 year old gets the title administrator, not executor. He should not be appointed as guardian ad litem for his brother. It should be some independent third person, perhaps the child’s father. The lawyers will get paid a fee set by law. I do agree this should go very smoothly
Her upbringing and family life was a total train wreck.
Amazing she didn’t commit suicide.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Heche
Anne Heche Was Working On Sex Trafficking Film Before Death
https://www.dailywire.com/news/anne-heche-was-working-on-sex-trafficking-film-before-death
This is where the County Probate Office steps in and insurers that probate is handled correctly.
I’ve only dealt with probate offices five times, and every time I’ve dealt with them I was glad they were there to oversee and to check that probate protocols and legalities were followed to the letter. It’s especially handy when you have a lot of contention for pieces of an estate.
It could be a lot simpler process but... people and “beloved” family members screwed it all up and forced the issue of monitoring and adherence.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Heche
You got in just before me, expressing the same thoughts.
I’ll add this tangent, though: everyone should have a will. But ads for will preparation, including on some of favorite conservative podcasts, imply that if you die without a will the “state” will distribute your money to some randos. It’s misleading and irksome
Wheels are easily sidestepped and they’re not that legally binding. In my state I had a lawyer tell me that bills can be contested easily and he gave a few examples, such as if the witnesses to the will or deceased the will can be contested, if the lawyer’s office at the will was administrative is that a business, that will can be contested.
It’s almost unbelievable how easily it is to contest a will and the Fly by Night computer programs, and this and that is all Bs because wheels are not that legally binding.
If you want to keep it legally binding you transfer things to your family before your death, or... you draw up a trust with a lawyer, and in many cases it’s not who you want the money to go to or the estate, it becomes who you don’t want the estate to go to and that’s the purpose of a trust.
If probate issues are on your list of concerns call a lawyer who deals and trusts and get a good solid lawyer, with good recommendations, and one who will probably give you a free consultation (most do).
Voice to text?
:-)
and driving a mini cooper.
No 20 year old just starting out in life should have the burden of dealing with an estate. It’s tough. But not surprised that she failed to put things in order.
He will have to deal with lawsuits and all kinds of things
“… It will be split up according to predetermined rules based on the number of heirs. There is no mystery here. No drama. No story. The more he fights the more he will lose to the lawyers.”
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She only had that son plus a younger son. Each will inherit half. There’s a good chance there will be no need for money-sucking lawyers other than possibly to do simple paperwork and setting up a trust for the younger son.
Who says he’s fighting? Somebody has to step up and request determination of heirship and administration of her estate. A third of my practice is probate and I wish more people would do this in a timely manner. I’ve had to tell three clients in the last few weeks that we can’t probate Abuela’s estate until we deal with Abuelo’s estate (Abuelo died anywhere from 10 to 30 years ago). Makes it a complete mess and expensive.
You forget what lead up to her death and the damage that ensued from her wild ride.
The Estate won’t be a simple matter..and yes he will spend quite a sum on lawyers.
btw, who pays the hospital bills that accumulated while she was brain dead but just kept alive to harvest organs? Several days went by before they pulled the plug so the organs could go somewhere. Hard to image what was suitable for donation.
Same here. I hated the message of that movie.
Give him the money just for having to listen to all the snickers whenever he says “Laffoon”.
Word has it she was about to expose the Pedowood child trafficking world along with the Congresswoman who was also killed about the same time.
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