How To Get A Copy Of A Will In Alabama

Yes, an executor can override a beneficiary's wishes as long as they are following the will or, alternative, any court orders. Executors have a fiduciary duty to the estate beneficiaries requiring them to distribute estate assets as stated in the will.

Most courts have a website. You can likely find it by typing in something like: (name of county, state) clerk of court. You will need to locate court records or something similar on the website, and then type in your decedent's first and last name.

You must keep your Will in a safe place; however that place must be easily accessible when the document is needed! There are various ways to store your Will. Your solicitor or Will writer may store it for you at their offices.

Finding the original will If a solicitor, lawyer or other professional has drafted the will, then it will normally be held with them. Executors of the will are entitled to obtain a copy of the will from the aolicitor. It's also possible that a bank may be storing the will.

All taxes and liabilities paid from the estate, including medical expenses, attorney fees, burial or cremation expenses, estate sale costs, appraisal expenses, and more. The executor should keep all receipts for any services or transactions needed to liquidate the assets of the deceased.

Getting a copy of the will when probate has been granted When probate is granted, the will is kept by the Probate Service and any member of the public can get a copy. If you want to search for the will of a person who died recently, you can apply to the Probate Service for a standing search to be made.

Once the testator has died, if that will has been filed with the probate court of the county the deceased resided in, the court will open the will and it becomes public record. The best way to view the will is to get the probate court file number. The executor can give you this information.

If the most current will has been destroyed or can't be found, it may fall back to a previous version of the Will, provided that it was not revoked. In many cases, the old versions of the Will are destroyed when the new one is written to avoid the potential of an old Will that no is longer accurate being used.

The most likely person to hold the document is the Executor selected in the Will. For example, a client names her adult daughter as the Executor of her Will. The client gives her adult daughter the original Will and tells her that she will need to bring this to the probate court upon her death.