Estate Misuse Legal Steps

Summary

If a trustee is incapacitated and unauthorized misuse of estate funds is suspected, consider civil and criminal actions. File an Originating Summons to disclose estate accounts, prove trustee incapacity, and address unauthorized actions. Seek supervised distribution, restitution, and potentially appoint a substitute administrator. Lodge a police report for Criminal Breach of Trust under Penal Code sections 406/409 to address the uncles actions as a de facto controller.

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Your grandmother is the appointed trustee under probate but is now incapacitated, leaving your uncle (not legally appointed) suspected of misusing estate funds. He has no authority to manage them—if he accessed funds, it may be breach of trust/CBT under Penal Code s.*/*. Civil route: file an Originating Summons to compel estate account disclosure, prove incapacity of trustee and uncle’s unauthorized actions, and seek supervised distribution, restitution, or removal of grandmother with a substitute administrator appointed. If misuse proven, bring civil claim for restitution, tracing of funds, and costs against uncle. Criminal route: lodge police report for CBT, showing uncle acted as de facto controller. Enforcement tools include garnishee orders, Judgment Debtor Summons, Norwich Pharmacal orders, and substituted service.
It sounds like a complex situation involving potential misuse of estate funds. Here's what you could consider:
- Civil Action: File an Originating Summons to disclose estate accounts, demonstrate trustee incapacity, and unauthorized actions. Seek supervised distribution, restitution, and potentially appoint a substitute administrator.
- Criminal Action: Lodge a police report for Criminal Breach of Trust (CBT) under Penal Code sections */* to address your uncle's actions as a de facto controller.
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now below are the * probate and wills of my father and grandfather
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