Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts

Re: Will

Please accept my condolences for the loss of your father.

If you have performed a diligent search, and you cannot find his will, you may want to proceed in probating his estate as though he passed away without a will.

That will enable someone to be named as Administrator, with all official duties and powers. If no will can be located, then the estate will need to be administered according to the laws of intestacy.

Re: Will

I am sorry for your loss of your Father.

If you have checked with the Probate Court in the County where he resided you might also post a lost will ad in the newspapers for that area and in Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly.

You may also wish to retain an attorney to file for probate of his estate without a Will to have an Administrator appointed, as the Will can be later introduced, if one is found. Good Luck!

Re: Will

You can publish a lost Will advertisement in both lawyers weekly and the local paper where your father resided. If your father died and there is no will then his estate will be governed by MA intestate statutes.

You can still open your father's estate and have someone appointed as temporary administrator pending the finding of the Will.

Please feel free to contact me if you have more questions.

Re: Will

You might also want to check with your father's residence county's probate court to see if he filed it there himself before he passed away.