Re: Ethical conduct

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Oly: NOT your attorney. The
estates attorney. BUT ... you
accessed him/her & their time.
That put them on the clock same
asif an employee is on the clock,
or a meter is running in the cab
you are in. A good attorney can
give thier clients an itemized
bill. If you need one or request
it. Again, it dosen't sound like
they were working for you per say,
personaly! Good luck either way.

On 2/19/05, 00 wrote:
> I just want to add one thing.
> You admit that you called the
attorney's office frequently. Do
> you not know that every time you
called, that the attorney
> billed against the estate for
that call? I have seen people
> rack up thousands of dollars in
attorney's fees from frequent
> and lengthy phone calls
demanding that every little thing
be
> explained to them and asking
some of the simplest questions
> over and over. I can see how the
others could get upset at you
> for doing this.
>
>
> On 2/19/05, sharwinston wrote:
>> well.... whose lawyer was he?
>> The Executor's lawyer?
>> Sisters' lawyer?
>> Brothers' lawyer?
>> Your lawyer?
>>
>> If your complaint is that you
were not served with all papers,
>> you can be sure the probate
judge would not have entered
>> orders until proof of service
on all beneficiaries was in the
>> file as to the papers that were
required to be served on you.
>> Not all papers are required to
be served on all
>> beneficiaries. Likewise, there
would have been no approval
>> for final disbursement until
there was proof of service in the
>> file.
>>
>> At any rate, you can get a copy
of the court's probate file
>> anytime, and that includes the
accountings that were filed.
>> You have the court's address.
You can contact them for
>> information on copies of docs
that are in the file.
>>
>> My$0.02: Yours is not
an "ethics" question. And, even
if it
>> were, I see nothing unethical
about what the "probate lawyer"
>> said.
>>
>> On 2/18/05, Oly wrote:
>>> I would like to find out if in
our recent probate court
>>> case if the probate lawyer was
right in telling my sisters
>>> and brother that if it were
him to team up all against
>>> me!? You see i am the the
youngest of five, i also live
>>> the furthest away. Anytime i
recieved any kind of court
>>> paperwork that i did not
understand i would call his office
>>> up and ask, although i never
really spoke to him personally
>>> i sure made myself heard, and
because of that i feel that,
>>> that is the reason i did not
recieve any of the most
>>> important paperwork such as
court dated documents, and time
>>> filing responses. Although
final dispersment of all funds
>>> have been distributed i still
have not recieved the full
>>> accounting court doc's which i
know for a fact the others
>>> got. I just want to know that
being a heir to the estate
>>> was i legally supposed to be
informed on any and all
>>> actions that took place?
Thank you OLY---CA