How can I compel the personal representative in an unsupervised estate to provide copies of the estate’s inventory?

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How can I compel the personal representative in an unsupervised estate to provide copies of the estate’s inventory?

I’m an heir in an unsupervised probate case that commenced about 7 months ago. The PR has 2 months to prepare the estate’s inventory and provide me a copy of it upon request. That request was made of the PR and the estate’s attorney going on if not over 2 months ago now but they have refused to provide the information. Short of requesting that the court take over supervision of it with this as cause, what can I do to compel them to provide it?

Asked on June 13, 2012 under Estate Planning, Indiana

Answers:

MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

You can hire an attorney to represent your interests in the estate and have the attorney write letters initially to try to convince the personal representative and estate attorney to provide the requested documentation. Your only other option is to file a motion to compel with the court and hope your court date is set in such a quick fashion so that the inventory is still intact and not sold or given away.


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