My siblings took it upon themselves to handle my mother's Estate. I have knowledge, due to a past career in being a underwriter, and Mortgage counselor, how the process works with a probate Court, and Estate. I was told they were selling the house, and after 49 yrs. I had to clear the family home out, without any help, leave with nowhere to go, and my son. The whole process was wrong, my home contained very valuable assets from my family heirlooms, my mother's and grandparent's parents, my kids, my own worldly possessions, all had to go, she said. If I didn't do it, she was going to hire a company and rent dumpsters to have everything thrown out. I have all the legal documents, the R.E. agent was a friend of theirs, who didn't have a probate R.E license. The fair market value of my home was 257,000.00, they sold it for 88,500.00, and my investment in the house, came to a quarter of that. My other sister's home was in tax sale, I found out later, and she needed her inheritance to pay it. I kept asking how the probate Court agreed to allow her to throw out the assets and sell my home for less than a 3rd of what it is worth. She told me it was what my mother put in her will, which I spent everyday with my mother, and I read her will, which she pointed out specifically that she wanted all four of us to be in charge, she didn't want any one of us having control over the others. So, what happened to the Will, and what Will she took to the probate Court, I don't know. I was in mourning, I wasn't able to think, and they took advantage of me while I was grieving. I did go to the probate office and ask if she really did file with the Probate Court, they said yes, and showed me the date, and so I figured if she doesn't know what kind of repercussions she could face by not handling the Estate correctly, she would find out later. They did tell me that she has to sell the House at Fair Market value, that all beneficiaries are entitled to the inheritance left to them. But she didn't, she said she just wanted it over and done with, my worldly belongings I donated, and hired a company to at least make sure our things would go to people who could use them, and not the trash. I have the Deed to my home, I have an addendum to my mother's will, stating how the house would be handled and to whom it would be divided up. I have all the Legal paperwork, I don't know how they were able to get over on the Probate, and what Deed they used to sell the house with, and I didn't ask. The assets alone were valued over 370,000.00, I have pictures of the 250 lots that went online to be auctioned off by MaxSold, starting at a 1.00 bid. I had to pay them 750.00 for their service, as I watched everything I worked for go, but it's just stuff, right? What I would like to know is, can my sister still be held responsible for not following procedure of the Probate Court? It's been a year and 9 months since the house sold, and this all happened in 2019, so is she in the clear? I don't speak to my family, my son and I are living our lives separate from that side of the family. Do you have any idea if the issue could still be open? I would appreciate any information you may have.
Thank You,
Sincerely,
Jody
If you had all this information, why did you not contest to Probate what your sister was doing? When the accounting was done, you could have contested it? If you signed off the accounting and took your inheritance, don't think you have a leg to stand on.