What to do if I worked for my brother as a subcontractor, he died and now his estate won’t pay?
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What to do if I worked for my brother as a subcontractor, he died and now his estate won’t pay?
He was not married but lived with a woman 25 plus years. She has not let me see Will or be involved in the estate process.
Asked on June 26, 2012 under Estate Planning, Pennsylvania
Answers:
Andrew Goldberg
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you had a contract with your brother, you could file a lawsuit against your bother's estate for the wages owed under the contract. If the girlfriend is his Executrix, you would actually name her in the lawsuit and serve the lawsuit on her as the Executrix of his Estate. You don't need to see his Will to do that. You just have to hope he had a Will and she probated it in the local County Court of Common Pleas.As for whether he had a Will and whether you can see it, that is an issue unrelated to your contract and what damages you suffered by the failure to pay under that contract.
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