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Wills and Estates
Probate, a disputed will, or an estate that needs to be opened. The county where the person lived is the first fact.
Tell us about your caseOpening the estate, or fighting over it
People search the Register of Wills, how to be appointed executor, and what to do when there is no will. The other search is a contest: a will signed late, a caregiver, or siblings who will not share an account. Those are different referrals from a simple probate.
The county where the person lived is the first fact, not the county where the funeral was held. Philadelphia and the neighboring counties each have their own Register of Wills.
What to send
The county, whether a will exists, and whether an estate has already been opened. A death certificate can wait. Say if someone is about to sell a house.
Nothing on this page is a prediction of what a case is worth, and it is not legal advice. A message asks the desk to review the facts and refer them.
What to send
Probate, a disputed will, or an estate that needs to be opened. The county where the person lived is the first fact.
The useful first facts are the place, the date, the court if there is one, and what happened. Records can wait until a lawyer asks for them.
How a referral works
A message asks the desk to read the facts and refer them to a lawyer who handles this work. It does not hire that lawyer, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship.
The lawyer who receives the introduction decides whether to take the matter and talks with you about deadlines and fees.
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