By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington. Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services. APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid. We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour. APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment. You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints. Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or
[email protected] to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights. APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.I agree that: A.I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information"). B.APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink. C.APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site. D.If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records. E.This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year. F.You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
*If I am consenting on behalf of someone else, I have the proper authorization to do so. By clicking Get My Results, you agree to our
Privacy Policy. You also consent to receive calls and texts, which may be autodialed, from us and our customer communities. Your consent is not a condition to using our service. Please visit our
Terms of Use. for information about our privacy practices.
Find out who is in charge, then ask them for details. Keep it ‘professional’. “Who is the Executor” is probably a lot easier than asking immediately about your own entitlements, and dealing with a bunch of people who you don’t like. One of your adult children could also do this, and they may find it easier to be cool and business-like about it.
Wills have to be probated if estates are over 20k in my state. Probate can't be done until about 10 days after death. The Executor is responsible to see that Will is filed. Then they get a "short certificate" giving them the ability to handle an estate.
Carolora,
Once the Will is filed, its public. You just call Probate and ask for a copy. There may be a small charge. Or, you may be able to go on-line and see it.
The Executor's job is to carry out what the Will says. He/she is to contact each beneficiary and tell them the Will is filed and send them a copy. The problem I see is your grandfather. If he stipulated something in his Will it has to be carried thru. Since your family business went under, did Dad have any assets to leave? If not, having a Will may mean nothing unless he left personal items.
So call the County your Dad resided in and ask Probate if a Will has been filed for Dad.
I assumed that USA law on this was based on English ‘Common Law’, as is the case in Oz where I am. However I found that some USA states still base some inheritance law on the ‘Code Napoleon’, because they had an established French set of title rules. ‘Community title’ and different intestacy rules spring to mind as one of the results. So now I’m a lot less adamant about it!
If you father had a large estate and you feel you may have been named hire an attorney to research any will or Trust activity, and to write a letter asking about your status under any will or Trust. If a small estate, I would move on. It is very unlikely you were left anything by will or Trust and not notified. To ignore the stipulations of a will or Trust is dangerous and illegal.
That being said, you can do your own living trust and will. Another friend did his mom’s. Think he bought a book at Office Depot .. this was 25 years ago. I guess you can download them..
See All Answers