Executor is stonewalling
My Aunt died leaving a trust for her
sister-in-law (my mother) and her
own sister. They are in their eighties.
The executor of the estate was my
aunts stock broker and she has been
stalling on finding a co-trustee for the
estate. It has been 10 months now
and none of the estate has been
dispersed to these elderly women.
She does not return phone calls from
their POA's, isome tems from the
home were taken by my Aunts
friends and the personal
representative and our family who
legally inherited the contents of the
house were refused a key to access
the items until the representative
allowed us entry for one day. What
recourse does our family have to get
an accounting of the estate and can
the beneficiaries of the estate find
another co-trustee, as the executor
only wants to use a specific bank in
her town that is too small to be co-
trustee. We are afraid the estate is
dwindling as she drags this out and
stonewalls us at every turn. Do we
have grounds to petition for another
executor?
Re: Executor is stonewalling
Based upon what you have said here, it appears that you have grounds to petition the Court for a change of Executor. It will need to be brought on behalf of the beneficiaries. There may be grounds to to take action against the Executor as well. Seek good probate counsel to assist you.
