My husband's grandmother past away over 3 months ago and we are still awaiting the inheritance for him and our children. The lawyer is giving us quite a run-around, and we don't have the best relationship with his other family members. How long does it typically take to receive a check when it is clearly written in the will who gets what?

Fr_Chuck

Who is appointed to administer the will. They basicly either file it thierself or hire an attorney to submit the will to the probate court. I would be very worried by this point and time. Has the will been turned over to the probate ?
Check with the probate court of that area if you don't know.

Have you seen a copy of the will to see who was appointed over the will.
The attorney is not normally ( but can be) the personal appointed to oversee the will, normally it is just another family member who would use the attoreny if they want to. The attorney merely writes the will up for the family but it is who ever is appointed to administer the will that must do all the work of turning it into the court and/or dividing up all of the procedues of the will.

You need to find our who is doing all of this, who is in charge of the will at this point, and if it has went to probate yet.

fredg

Hi,
An estate settlement can take up to a year.

RickJ

Actually, a year is not uncommon, but they frequently go far longer than that if there are complications.

wynelle

Just because the will says your husband/children will inherit doesn't mean there are adequate funds available for them to inherit.

The executor may have to liquidate assets, pay mortgages/bills while waiting for the sale. Or the deceased may have overestimated the size of the estate.

There may be other people contesting the will.

Everything was clear and above-board when my grandmother passed away, and it still took over six months for the initial estate to be settled and another two years before her house sold.