Acceptable Length of Time to Probate Will?
A relative passed away January 2007. Her will was in the process of being changed when she passed which caused a bit of a hiccup. She did not have a savings, but was counting on money received from the sale of her home to be given out to the people listed in her will. Her home was put up for sale and once sold, the proceeds were used to pay off her home related expenses up to that date and the rest was to be divided between the legatees listed on the will. There was not enough money to give everyone what she wanted so the ones who were at the top of the list were safe, those on the bottom were excluded. This all took about 2 years to come to this point, and her home was sold October of 2008. June of 2009 lawyer sent letters to original people in the will asking if they wanted to split the will into percentages, so that everyone listed in the will could get some money, even if it wasn’t the original amount. All legatees involved agreed, sent signed papers into lawyer as he gave a deadli
