I am one of the beneficiaries of my mothers will. My brother is the POA and my sister is below him if anything should
JA: Can you tell me what state this is in? And just to clarify, what paperwork has been filed?
Customer: in canada
JA: What documents or supporting evidence do you have?
Customer: Emails, text messages, copy of the will
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Customer: My bother passed away in Nov 2017 and he had no will so everything went to his next of kin which was was my Mom. My Mom had Alzheimers, so my brother applied to act as the administrator which was granted. My mother passed away a year ago so everything goes to her beneficiaries named in th e will. The whole process has been in the works for almost 3 years. My brother tells me it is complex..
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May I ask what province you are in?
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If you are one of the beneficiaries of the estate, you can apply to the court in Manitoba to ask the Court for an order passing accounts. That is, they will order the estate trustee to provide proper accounting and information on the estate.
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This means that the executor will need to show the court everything that has gone in and out of the estate while he or she was executor
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as a beneficiary, you can also ask the court to have a person removed as executor. However, a court will only remove an executor if it determines that their removal is justified. The Court will not remove an executor simply because the beneficiaries disagree with some of his or her decisions.
An application to remove the executor is not without risks though, so do be aware of this. The court may find that the legal costs relating to the application be paid by the estate, the beneficiary personally, or by the executor depending on the circumstance.
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depending on the lawyer, court can certainly be expensive
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