1. Do they owe the estate money.
2. Have they been using estate property for free.
3. Were they financially dependent on the person who died.
4. Do they have family living on estate property without paying.
5. Were they in charge of the person's care or finances before death.
6. Do they stand to personally gain from their decisions as administrator.
If a proposed administrator had a conflict of interest based on any of the points above, they should not have been appointed. So, why didn't the estate lawyer, the Public Guardian and Trustee (PGT), or the beneficiaries oppose the appointment?
Most importantly, why didn't the proposed administrator, withdraw.
Administrators are supposed to be able to make decisions. The caretaker, now administrator, couldn't even bring herself to tell the family of my brother's death. My other brother found out about the death three months later. And now, through sleath, she is the administrator, and she still can't communicate with her family. She hides behind her lawyer, Candace Cates, who filters everything.
