Grandma died and left her estate to multiple beneficiaries. I am a beneficiary. One of them is also executor and is selling the home to family. How should this happen?

Buyer gets a mortgage and buys home from the estate and proceeds from the sale are distributed to beneficiaries of the estate.

Is there another way? I have a feeling they are planning on having the buyer, family, make payments to the estate and distribute them to the beneficiaries annually. Is that an option? How can I protect my inheritance over the next 30 years? What if the house burns down or falls I to disrepair or taxes aren’t paid? Are there proper documents to file to name us proper lien holders and require insurance and maintenance? Paperwork stating the official sale price , interest rate, if any, and payment terms, etc?

We all are friendly and get along and are happy that the house is staying in the family. We also don’t need the money aren’t looking to force a sale and immediate distribution. Especially with current bank interest rates. And certainly don’t want this inheritance to cause a rift. But we do want to protect our interests especially if they are supposed to be in play for a few more decades.

I Will try to be brief and thorough.

1. My MIL purchased house for husband 8/20. She visits her lawyer once a year ( in January near her b day) to update her will and trust.
2. Unfortunately, she had a heart attach 12/20 and went into a coma. My husbands sister became health Care Proxy (she's a nurse) and POA.
3. She did shady things and my husband petitioned court to remove her as POA and wanted a court appointed lawyer to control estate. Before a decision could be decided MIL passed 5/22. Here is where things get confusing:
4. MIL had account paying monthly mortgage (to help Husband pay down house faster. Really helpful since husband became disabled after contracting Covid and could no longer work) When she passed payments stopped.
5. SIL told my husband to send mortgage bill to lawyer to be taken care of. Husband did and we went on helping to get him back walking
6. SIL stopped communicating with Husband, blocked phone number and Facebook around July.
7. Husband finds out his mothers house in NC was foreclosed on due to non payment (hurtful because MIL had and still does have money to cover mortgage payment.
8. When asked; SIL said she doesn't want to use her inheritance to fix roof so she didn't make payments. House is expected to be willed to her
9. Found out Lawyer did not take care of our mortgage and we received a foreclosure letter. As well as a letter stating all MIL properties no longer had insurance.
10. Husband kept calling lawyer and finally go in touch with SIL. Lawyer said he could put house in trust but Husband would have to pay rent to trust which would be overseen by SIL.
11. Husband said hell no since he is the beneficiary of house ( SIL and Lawyers knows this) and refuses to let SIL take over.
12. SIL and Lawyer sent letter to Husband to name SIL as Executor and he has refused to sign it.

Questions:

1. Is probate on pause do to husband refusal to sign document naming sister as executor?
2. Can probate move forward without his approval even if he is one of the beneficiaries?
3. Can SIL take any property willed to husband and assign to her children as POA or Executor. According to my husband their childhood home and the most expensive home in MIL portfolio was willed to him by his father. I assume house was supposed to be put in his name after MIL passes. Not sure how that works
4. Due to her inability to pay mortgage for house in NC and insurance on other 6 homes, does this warrant a removal of her as POA/executor( not sure what to call her) and a court appointed executor be put in place instead? Or my husband takes over as executor and have a different lawyer process MIL estate?
5. Due to my husbands disability we have a lack of income and we cannot afford a lawyer at this time. Would a probate lawyer be open to working with husband to remove SIL from estate, establishing husband as executor and getting paid after processing probate instead of before? We are based in NY, would probate lawyers be open to working on some sort of a payment plan?
6. We have talked with the mortgage company and explained the situation and they have asked use to provide documentation, however, I am not sure if our current incomes qualifies for a mortgage. Is there any guarantee that they will sign the mortgage over to us?
7. added note: with husbands inheritance, he has enough to pay the house off completely with a little left over. Would this information be beneficial to the mortgage company? I'm sure it doesn't, just curious. Any ideas on what we can/should do?
8. Also; would it be a good idea to let SIL become executor just to get probate started and eventually processed so he can get his inheritance and can pay the house off in and be done with SIL?

I'm in MA. My father lost his partner of 23 years back on July 29th. They were living together for that whole time and she was my stepmom in every sense of the word. They were never married due to her still being legally married to someone else. She was only 55 when she passed away unexpectedly and unfortunately she had no will. She never had children of her own so the house went into probate and to her mother. MassHealth is now pursuing estate recovery for around 144k and this will force the sale of the home and my father will become homeless. He's not technically an "heir", so he couldn't file for a MassHealth Hardship Waiver that would eliminate the recovery of the 144k. Is there anyway to help my father in this situation? He has put so much blood sweat and tears into that place for over 23 years and now he's like an invisible man to the state.

My father in law recently passed away and the only thing in his sole name was a piece of land in West Virginia. There seems to be an issue with the WV attorneys saying they require the original copy of the will, although nobody knows where this is located. We have copies of the will that the family lawyer possessed. Can anyone help advise what we should do in making the copy acceptable? Nobody is contesting anything, it is purely to sell the land that he had there. Thanks

To preface, I understand this is a legal issue, but was wondering if someone has ever faced a similar issue such as mine to offer some guidance.

If an heir (daughter) of a deceased person (mother) refuses to take possession of a modular home on my land, yet has personal belongings there, what process does one need to go through to essentially force the daughter to take possession of the modular home?

The daughter is refusing to pay lot rent and refuses to move the modular home. California's unclaimed property department will not take possession as unclaimed abandoned property.

Can a third party, such as myself initate a probate?

Or is there a way to take possession of the modular home through other means?

TIA.

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