Reply #7: Hire a lawyer. Ask him/her what you should do under the [View All]

[JDPriestly]

circumstances. The lawyer can write a letter on your behalf, will know how to find out what is going on and will assist you in asserting your rights if need be. That is what lawyers are for. Don't try to handle this on your own. If your father had assets, hiring a lawyer will probably be worth your while not just financially but also emotionally. Call the bar association in the state or county in which your father lived and get some names of probate or trusts and wills lawyers.

And, yes, there is a spiritual aspect to your question. On the spiritual side, you need the tranquility to focus on your loss and grief. But, you cannot progress spiritually if your material life is in shambles. Hiring a lawyer will free you to focus on the spiritual in the knowledge that you haven't neglected to take care of the material.