My birth mother died and I was legally adopted.  Do I have any claims to her estate?
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PLEASE CHECK WITH A LAWYER.
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It may depend on who your father designated as executor.\nIf the CD's were held in Joint Custody they should allow your mother to know. Contact the Banking Commisioner in the state where your father died.
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Either go on Genes Reunited or if she was born in the same area as yourself go to a Family records Centre they should hold all birth certificates and then you can get a copy via your local government registrar
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The classified are a good way. Hire your own attorney to check out the birth mother to make sure it's not a scam. Draw up a contract between you and the birth mother. It's mainly to pay for hospital fees and hopefully, not much more. Good luck. Try an adoption agency from the State, but that takes a long time but it's worth it.
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Not unless the debt was co-owned by you and your mom. If the estate is in probate and you are the personal representative of the estate, you are protected by the court from that kind of action. You do not own her debt. Her creditors must address their concerns to the estate, not you personally.
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It is my understanding that each state has different inheritance laws.  However, if your ex-spouse died with a will which left everything to his current spouse and nothing to your child, then your child has no legal right to any of the property.  However, if your ex-spouse died with a will and left property to your child in the will, the child is entitled to whatever the will says.  Wills are recorded in county probate court and are a matter of public record.  If your ex-spouse died without a will, then your child is entitled to whatever portion of the estate that your state prescribes by law.  If that is the case, contact your local probate court and inquire.
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Contact the county courthouse where you were born... where it was originally filed.  They will look it up and make copies for you.  I do not know for sure, but they will likely charge a small fee.\n\nSue
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It is not entirely clear what you are asking.  You seem to be under the impression that your little brother would have inherited all of your step father's property if his wife (your mother?) had finalized the divorce.  This is unlike to be the case, particularly if your step father had a will and/or a living trust in place at the time of his death.\n\nI can't answer your question without further speculation.  Therefore, I suggest contacting a probate/estate planning attorney in Colorado that listen to the facts and give you better advice.
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there sadly are no laws.\nyou can however raise that child (adopt he or she) and give the child a life their mother wont be able to give. and i'm sure you don't want your grandchild seeing all their mother does and turn into their mother.\n\nsadly that's the only "fix" in this, just have your son's partner talk with you about it see if she likes the idea, or if she doesn't and you have proof she's a danger to the child as well, call children's services and mention if possible since the child is your departed son's that you'd like to raise the child.\n\nalthough, she'll get what's coming to her when Christ returns to the earth, so justice will be made, I'm sorry for your loss, do not hate her, it's a sin, forgive and forget her, hold onto your son's memory and know one day all who do wrong against you will get there's in the end
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You can try a file called Zabasearch, however be forewarned, that you might run into a brick wall.  Your mother may prefer not to be found for any number of reasons and you may search for years.  Your best bet would be to start with where you were born if you can find that out, however with birth and adoption laws, you might strike out there.  \nIf you know her last name and if she married since you were born, it might help.  \nI wish you much luck, as it has to be hard to go through life not knowing who brought you into the world and why they gave you up, but remember they may not want to see you and that is their right.\n\nBest of Luck in your search and I hope it ends happily for you.
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You can call your local county/city library and ask to speak with records (may be called something else, it varies from city to city. \n\nThere you can speak to customer service and ask them questions regarding deceased/still living. \n\nSomething similar happened to me. I didn't have the social security, all I had was a name. So long as you have a name and maybe where the person lives (lived), the county and so forth, they (the records person) should give you some assistance to at least say if she is still around.
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well if you know where the adoption taking place they may be able to help you .i went to the place where i was adoption and they came me some info but they couldn,t give me her name on the place
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Check your State laws to be sure of what applies to YOU.\n\nWrite to the Human Resource Dept of the State where you were adopted from - if you know that much information. They should have "non-identifying information" on your birth family that can be sent to you upon written request.\n\nAny "identifying" information about your birth family - genealogical and medical histories and records will have to be requested through a petition of the Court.\n\nIf your petition to the Court is approved, you can ask that a Court-appointed Intermediary find your birth family. Know in advance that it is up to your birth family to agree to a possible meeting with you.\n\nIf your adoption records are opened, your attorney can give you the info on your genealogical and medical history/records - depending on what's in your records.\n\nCheck the internet for an adoption triad group for MN - there's a Yahoo group for those searching in New Mexico and other Yahoo groups for other states. I helped a local man find his relatives in South Dakota but he was adopted as a child, not as an infant, and remembered enough details to help him.\n\nDon't give up, it can be tedious, time-consuming and sometimes seemingly impossible ... just hang in there.
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Some states have a register of wills. Check with your local court house. \n\nSecondly, get an attorney ASAP, if there is no will found. It will need to go through probate, and the sooner you start the quicker you'll get through all the nonsense. Probate would involve all of her unsecured debt being paid off prior to distributing any money to living siblings. All siblings would have to be contacted, and the estated would be divided equauly.
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The answer depends upon the state where the parents had their domicile at the time of their deaths. Where did they live? Intestate (without a will) estates are the subject of state laws, so there are in fact, 50 different answers to your question. In some states it is rather simple and inexpensive to resolve such a matter, and in other states it is unfortunately not so. I would suggest going to a nearby law library (such as at a law school or in a county courthouse) where you can probably find information that would help. And no, it's not rocket science. With a few minutes time you would be able to read and understand some of the basics of whatever state you're in. You could also probably get some of the basic information from the local clerk of court.
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forst you need to get yourself a lawyer.and then your lawyer needs to contact their lawyer. who was the first to know about the death of the grandmother? the person who was the one who was first therer or was there when it happened would be the most probable person to  have the will. or maybe she couldve had a bank box that it was put into for safe keeping and forgot to tell somebody about it. good luck.
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1st thing - I am adopted too! I have 2 siblings that were also adopted through catholic charities, but in NJ. I was adopted privately so my situation is a little different. I know my medical history, because I met my birth mother about 6 years ago and my full-bro & 2 half-bros that live with her. She is a wonderful person, who made the right decision and gave me a better life, were such good friends now.  \n\n * CAll Catholic charities - they can help you. They may not be able to tell you where you sibling are though - they need there permission. The best I could do is have letters put in there files incase they ever want to look for me. I'm pretty much stuck their - there's nothing else I can do - becasue I don't know there adopted names. I must say, I know not everyone has good expiences when searching for biological family - so be prepared for rejection, but dont take it personally - they dont even know you.