How do I find out if my mother put me in her Will?
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How do I find out if my mother put me in her Will?
Please assist me with anything meaningful in the process. The house she owned was valued at 100k after debts being cleared, and the remaining value was suppose to be divded amongist my 2 other sisters and I, so I figure that’s 33k per person.
Asked on December 28, 2014 under Estate Planning, Ohio
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for your loss. If some one was already appointed as the executor of the Will then you should have gotten a copy. You would always get a copy of the Will as a potential heir even if you are not listed in the WIll because you have the right under the law to contest it if you are written out (the specific facts of the case will determine the full extent of that right). If there was a proceeding filed then go and look at it in the Probate Court in the county in which your mother resided at the time of her death. It is a public record. If there is no Will then the intestacy statute on the state will apply and you and your siblings should inherit equally. Good luck.
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