Death Records Now

My ex-husband died in 2006 in Florida. We share two children together. When he died I was contacted by his father telling me that he couldn’t handle his son’s last affairs without me signing and allowing his father to do so. I am not sure why I was the one that would have been responsible but I signed the necessary form. Years later I can’t find any public records on his estate. He still has assets in his name. There was a vehicle that was restored. His father and I had a conversation after his death. We came to the conclusion that the vehicle would be auctioned and the proceeds would be distributed among his children. To the best of my knowledge the process hasn’t been completed and I believe that the vehicle is still in possession of a car club that he belonged to. I am now wondering if there is any legal standing for my children or if there is a statute of limitations.

The process did not require your signature unless you were still listed as a beneficiary, however the next of kin would have been the children and not the father so he had to be assigned as executor in order to file for probate, apparently the property is sitting in limbo and nothing has been done, you need an attorney to stand in for the children and get their share of the estate.}{

My father died 2 weeks ago in the State of Michigan. We have been estranged for 20 years and know nothing about his life in recent years. (I live 500 miles away from where he did) We have found out that he has an IRA and a savings account with Chase Bank. However; the state will not give me control of his estate unless I can be specific about his financial situation. i.e dollar amounts in the accounts and most importantly account numbers. Now here’s the source of my problem: He had an on again-off again girlfriend who has been living with him in recent months prior to his death. She conveniently cannot locate any of his mail, bank statements, IRA statements, tax records or anything that would help me determine the actual assets of his estate. We believe in total his estates worth to be less than $15,000 dollars. I’ve been told about a Letter of Authority which will cost me $150.00 do get. This supposedly will give me access to this information directly from the financial institution. Supposedly. And then I can proceed with declaring his assets for probate. Can any one advise me in this area? What should I do? Am I doing the right thing? Oh, and one more thing to note: the ‘girlfriend’ is not a legal tenant in my fathers’ apartment and is not on the lease. Can I assume that everything in his apartment is his and do I have the legal right to search it to get the information that I need? Thank you for any help you can give me.
Also, there was no will.

You would hire someone to do an accounting of the assets. There are people who you can hire to do that if the estate is large.

rights as recipetent and co executor clearly breached also worried funds for son damien parker were embezzled by sister mothers unfortunate demise records in bexar county original will and probate lawyer changed by sister also bexar county will ester parker ss#421-50-0434 date of death 17 aug 1995

I don’t know any, but if you tie a roll of quarters on to a piece of fishing line and walk down Houston St., I’m sure you’ll meet a few.

These records would be very helpful to me because I will be getting genetic testing done in the future, and it helps to have detailed family medical history. She died very quickly of a fast moving cancer, and recently my dad- her son- also died of a fast moving cancer. I am concerned for my own health because this happened in both generations, and I take after that side. I am getting my dad’s medical records now. The problems are that I was not the executor of my grandmother, my uncle was, and he is also passed on. In short, I am the only living decendant of my grandmother. Plus, she died in 1984 and she was in New York and I live in another state. I do have her death certificate (which doesn’t include a space for a cause of death, oddly enough, though she was diagnosed), I know which hospital she was in (NYU) and when and for how long. I know she was diagnosed with a specific cancer, but I don’t know the name. I don’t mind paying a fee for the records, I just need them.

You may have to get an attorney to help you get them. Or may your doctor would help out, I really don’t know. You do need the records for yourself, I’m sure it would give your doctors some insight into what could potentially happen.

My grandmother passed away awhile ago now. I didn’t think about the will at the time. It didn’t cross my mind at all because of my emotions dealing with her death. But, now that some time has passed, I realize that we never saw a will or heard anything about it. I know for a fact that there was a will. My aunt and my father aren’t on good terms. I believe that my aunt (whom is probably the executor) did something not moral/legal. Like have my frandmother write my dad out of the will when she wasn’t metally competent…

Does anyone know if I would be able to see a copy of my grandmother’s will if my aunt won’t give it to us?

Yes. Wills are a public record. If you go into the Register of Wills Office, you can see the complete estate file just for the asking. And you do not have to prove that you are a relative of the decedent.

You can call the Register of Wills Office and ask the clerk there whether there is a will, how many pages, and what it would cost to copy and mail it to you. Upon receipt of a letter of request and payment, they will mail to you. Here is a link that will give you contact information for Registers of Wills of the various counties in Pennsylvania. http://evans-legal.com/dan/regwills.html