Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

finance auditing

My father was ill and needed me to get all of his financial statements and insurance policies, my brother would not give them to me. My father passed away and right after my Mother passed away , the whole time I was still trying to get these things and to see where they stood financially so that I could take care of my Fathers funeral, I still could not get them from my brother he told me he could not find them, in the meantime he was buying things left and right, he is 45 years old and has not worked for over ten years. When my mom got ill she started receiving my Dad's pension that I was suppposed to put in a seperate account away from my brothers and monthly bank the checks for her, well that never happened either. I am co-trustee along with my brother in thier living will. I would like to get an audit from at least three months before my father died and at least three months after my mother died, ( they died within 7 months of each other)Is there anyway this can be done? Because my father told me to watch out for their personal possessions because my Mom would'nt be able to. Lot of there things dissappeared and I would like to know what happened to the all money that was in the bank and why I couldn't get information. SOS


Asked on 4/12/06, 8:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Donald Field Donald L. Field, Jr., Attorney at Law

Re: finance auditing

if you are a beneficiary of the trust, you are entitled to information regarding the trust.

SEE: Probate Code Sections 16060 through 16064

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=prob&codebody=&hits=20

you may need to petition the superior court to resolve these issues.

SEE: Probate Code Sections 16400 through 18201

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=prob&codebody=&hits=20

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Answered on 4/17/06, 1:52 pm


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