Caro, MI Estate Planning Law Firms & Lawyers

If you object to the activity or the lack of activity by the executor then you may need a lawyer. Distribution out of the estate must be made proportionately to all heirs at the same time. The payment to one heir should not be advanced over the payment due other heirs. Partial distributions to all the heirs are possible. Final Distribution should not be made until after the statutory claim period has expired and after all assets are collected and liquidated, if appropriate. If your distribution under the terms of the Will are to be made to you outright on the death of your grandfather, with no provision for postponement of possession then the executor has the discretion to make a partial distribution to you and the other heirs to assist you in dealing with your hardship. If your distribution is subject to a provision of postponement of possession the executor must follow such terms. The terms of the Will or trust set the rules as to when and how your share of the estate can be delivered.

Open the administration of the second of the parents to die. Do yourselves a favor, have the estate sell the house. Joint ownership of real property is a classic way to tear a family apart. One of your siblings could buy the other two out, or just sell it on the open market (I know, the market is down; take the cash, and guess what? You're buying into a down market, too, with interest rates at historic lows).

Life insurance policies pay to the named beneficiaries. If you have specific reasons to do so you can make the insurance subject to the will by making your personal representative (as such) the beneficiary, but this is usually not useful.