Lawyer trouble.

[jasonzee]

That痴 unacceptable. Lawyers have an ethical duty to communicate with their client. Find a new lawyer. (And I am in the profession...Have little tolerance for lawyers that disparage the rest of us through incompetence).

I am not willing to split the money pie anymore. FL is stealing over 42k and forcing me to pay my step bro and sister even though they had nothing to do with me or my mother! . It's called the elected share and the surging spouse can steal up to 30%.

 

[mike48130]

The lawyers real job is to find more clients. Then when they have free time they work on the cases. This is why your $1K lasted months.

 

[jasonzee]

The lawyers real job is to find more clients. Then when they have free time they work on the cases. This is why your $1K lasted months.

Your might be right on that statement.

 

[bunyip]

We have a 6 month statutory period when probate is initiated, nothing can be settled in that period, I thought this was almost universal

 

[TheMan419]

Do not know FL law, but in many states there is a statutory waiting period. Of course that does not excuse how long it took him to get things into court. I would call another lawyer down there for a consult. Ask them how long the process should take and have them walk you through what they would do. Then determine if you need to fire your current lawyer or not.

As for the statutory (or inchoate) share, every state has that (I believe). The only person you cannot completely cut out of your will is the spouse you are married to at the time of your death, unless you had a prenup that allows you to.

 

[fried1765]

My advice, and I'm not an attorney, nor did I sleep at a holiday inn last night, is to NOT post complaints about an active dispute with a lawyer on public internet forums. If somehow they find it, you think your situation is bad now, just wait.

Good luck with your situation.

A bit of paranoia here ?
No names or addresses were mentioned.

 

[Sigarms]

I am at my wit end with this lawyer! Long story short this is a easy probate case,started on 6/4/19 I dont understand why it took this guy till the end of Oct. To send it to the court. My mother didnt have multi bank accounts or own land or have over sea accounts almost 5 months seem long. He also doesn't return my phone calls or text messages I send he gives me no hop this will ever get done!!!!!.

This may not help, but please don't feel alone. Please read...

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...-options-dealing-lawyer.html?highlight=lawyer

 

[Sigarms]

I am at my wit end with this lawyer! Long story short this is a easy probate case,started on 6/4/19 I dont understand why it took this guy till the end of Oct. To send it to the court. My mother didnt have multi bank accounts or own land or have over sea accounts almost 5 months seem long. He also doesn't return my phone calls or text messages I send he gives me no hop this will ever get done!!!!!.

This may not help, but please don't feel alone. Took me 4 years of nothing being finished before I posted about it...

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...-options-dealing-lawyer.html?highlight=lawyer

I believe I ended up going and complaining to the court about it to finally get it resolved. The issue was there was pretty much no money, so at my fault, I didn't follow up with it like I should of on my end.

 

[jasonzee]

Well it felt real good I text him and told him your fired!

 

[MossRoad]

A bit of paranoia here ?
No names or addresses were mentioned.

I'm not paranoid. I have nothing to do with the OP's situation.

However, it's a fact that every so often the moderators get a PM request from a TBN member to remove a thread they started to complain about (you pick) a dealer, manufacturer, store, neighbor, seller, buyer, etc... because they have been threatened with legal action for their comments. In some of the cases, no names or addresses were mentioned. So how did the info about the thread get back to the other party?

:confused3:

It happens.