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DaveIFM Asked February 2015

How to find out if a person left a Will, if none is on file with probate court?

Daughter can't be located, no phone, no address.

pamstegma Feb 2015
We had to petition the court for a fiduciary appointment. Not cheap. Keep looking.

igloo572 Feb 2015
Dave - my first thought is....do you actually need a will? Wills & their codicils are great to have as the probate legal system is set up for using them. And the will establishes who heirs are and what they get.

But if no will, if you can clearly know the assets of the deceased, you probably could go the lineal heirship route to divvy up an estate equally among heirs. If there's just money or other things that have a definite value & can be divided equally easily, lineal could be easier or more efficient than traditional probate. A probate attorney could guide you on how lineal could be done to be ok for your state.

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