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When my father passed away, I personally paid the atty fees, and I was appointed independent administrator to handle the affairs of my father’s succession ( no on else in my family would step up). The only asset was a bank account which was turned over to the state and now sits in La unclaimed property. The Judgement of Possession is now complete and I can apply to have this money released to the heirs. My question is how do I claim reimbursement for the atty fees that came out of my pocket?
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After paying the atty fee and being assigned admin, I called his bank to request that funds be wired to my bank. The bank manager told me of the documents I needed to provide to her to proceed. Within a week, I called the bank manager back with one lingering question and was told that she had turned the account over to the state.
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One thought that comes to mind is to get all the heirs to agree to re-pay you pro-rata from the proceeds. It is an exceptionally small amount of money in the scheme of things -so you would not think that would be a problem for them.
It is too bad that a succession had to be started before it was known what the bank was going to do.
I hate to bring this up at this time, but a succession was never necessary. A Small Succession Affidavit could have been done which would have required the bank to turn over the account to the heirs. That can even be done without a lawyer and the courts are not involved.
And also, an administrator is entitled by law to a 2.5% fee and can ask for more.
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