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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 7998073" data-attributes="member: 4534">I imagine you're correct but Luke's feelings regarding Gail's management of the trust isn't really relevant from a legal perspective.  Wisconsin has a time limit of 18 months for probate to be completed which gives ample time for disputes to be settled, taxes to be paid, and creditors to be notified.  The reason most states have a limit on how long probate should take is so people can take care of their business, get on with their lives, and not worry that ten years from now someone is going to show up to challenge it.  This isn't a situation where the most recent will was lost or hidden before being discovered as those who had custody and/or knowledge of Gary's most recent will deliberately withheld it from the court.  In Wisconsin, the person who has custody of the will is required by law to either file it with the court or present it to the personal representative within 30 days of finding out about the death of the testator.  Any person who has reason to believe a will exist and has not been filed is required to inform the court within 30 days after they have that information.  The Gygax children deliberately flouted the law when they failed to bring up Gary's most recent will back in 2008.  I don't believe the judge will be at all sympathetic to Luke's case.  The time to bring the most recent will to the court's attention was twelve years ago.  The Gygax children made their bed and now they've got to lay in it.</blockquote>

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