Re: Ethical conduct

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On 2/19/05, v wrote:
> 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

Thank you all for your reponses, but let me clear the air a little
first off, I guess i just assumed that he was the estate lawyer,
but even so is it not his responsiblity to help and be the family
representive being that hes the one with the degreee? and that one
of hes reponsibilities is to make sure that we (meaning all heirs)
are informed and understand all that has happened? Next going on
with my lay understanding of the law, If i recieved any court doc's
from the lawyers office which i did mention were few to none, and
that i really did not understand don't i have the right to ask?
when i did call his office i never did speak to him but speaking
with his office aid, who happens to be his son, i left many
messages, also not just to ask questions but being that i was not
getting any court doc's in which all the rest of the family
recieved, i called to leave my phone # as well as my physical
address and po box. Even though i never recieved doc's for the
full and final accounting, which is what brought me to post this
question, i was the only one of us that did not sign the waive of
accounting, i really wanted to see where everything went beause as
you all know in probate families turn really nasty against each
other, and i just wanted to know. Thank you all OLY

>>> 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
>