How long must this go on????

[new executrix]

What is the name of your state? Georgia

There are three heirs. I am executrix and one of the heirs. I created a spreadsheet showing everything that was taken in and spent with explainations beside each item. At the bottom I listed all fees. One of the heirs got an attorney and wanted copies of all papers which I sent her last month. Now she is delaying the progress of settling the estate. They say they are analyzing the papers. How long do I have to wait on them? The other heir is asking when they will get their part since they had no objections. If I have to get an attorney to fight the one heir, does the other heir have to share in that expense since they don't object to the numbers?

Thanks for any answers.

 

[gowest]

How long must this go on????

Did you ask that question of your "new attorney"? As I recall in your early posts, you originally hired an attorney who had been disbarred. At that time, you were given excellent advice to "get a new attorney".

I believe that when an executor hires an attorney to handle an estate, the fees incurred are expenses of the estate and will be deducted from the value of such before assets are distributed.

 

[new executrix]

I am still trying to get my file from the disbarred attorney. The new attorney would not take the case until I had the papers related to the estate from the first guy. He sent a few papers this week but did not give me everything I asked for. I am still fighting this battle as we speak. I am considering getting the state bar involved to make him comply, but I tried to give him the chance to do the right thing first.

Thanks,

 

[Dandy Don]

The sooner you file a complaint against the state bar against the disbarred attorney, the more likely it is you will get the documentation you are wanting (since someone who is disbarred has proven that they have no ethics and it would be useless to wait and see if they are going to do the right thing). And also, besides just supplying a spreadsheet that shows the expenses, it would also help if you provided the "analyzing" heir with photocopies of receipts for the expenses you show, just so she can see that you are honest and therefore there is no reason to question your figures.