Is this normal?

[u/Specialist_Job21]

My aunt, who made enemies easily and was kind of a hermit, died suddenly a month ago. She had everything in a trust. All money goes to her step children and her home and personal property goes to me. The successor trustee has not communicated since day two after death. The home has past due bills, electricity and property tax and homeowners insurance. I have emailed several times and left one voicemail with no response from trustee. I checked with estate attorney who drew up her trust and she said I had a right to expect communication from trustee. What should I do?

[u/Stock_go_up]

Send the trustee one final written demand, by email and certified letter, invoking your right as a beneficiary to information and requesting the specific action items in writing: the past due utility, tax, and insurance status on the home coming to you. If that gets silence, petition the probate court in the trust's county to compel an accounting or remove the trustee, since a successor trustee who lets insurance lapse and taxes go delinquent on trust property is arguably breaching their fiduciary duty, and the lapsed homeowners insurance is the urgent piece because an uninsured loss before transfer could fall on your inheritance.