Re: Ethical conduct

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My$0.02:
Most likely, he is the Executor or Administrator's (of the Estate's)
lawyer -- not the "family's" lawyer.

The lawyer's job is, among other things, to help the Executor or
Administrator pay the bills of the estate, disburse funds according to
the law and see that all beneficiaries receive what they are entitled
to under the law and then close probate and do so timely. It is NOT
his job to make sure you understand everything that goes on in
probating the estate. It is NOT his job to answer YOUR every
question. The Executor's lawyer is NOT YOUR lawyer. You are free to
get your own attorney at your expense to ensure you receive all the
law says you are entitled to. The probate lawyer does NOT have to have
your signature on the waiver of accounting. The disbursements and/or
accounting can be done with a court order. One beneficiary can NOT
hold the accounting/final disbursement hostage.

Probate families "turn nasty?" Oh, yeah. We can all see that's
what's happened here.

Again, I see nothing unethical about the lawyer's conduct. Yours is
not an ethics question.

On 2/19/05, oly wrote:
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... 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
>