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A potential client (PC) is a surviving spouse of her deceased husband. Her husband passed away in 2018. No probate has been opened. All assets are under PC's name, except for one real property that they co-owned before. Now that PC would like to clear title
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The PC and her deceased husband have three adult children. One of the adult children has passed away, leaving minor children (a.k.a. PC's grandchildren). The PC's deceased husband left no will. The PC is currently inclined to do a probate. However, based on
my research, for the PC to be appointed as PR, since there's no will, we would need waivers from all heirs to waive notices and hearings. It appears to me that a waiver also needs to be signed by the minor grandchildren. Therefore, I wonder if a GAL is required
to be appointed for the interests of the minor grandchildren? If yes, then this would be an additional step for the PC which I'd like to make clear to the PC for considerations. Or can the grandchildren's other parent (a.k.a. the PC's son-in-law) sign the
waivers on behalf of PC's grandchildren? I may be over-thinking this scenario, but just want to double check in case I miss anything. A<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ny insights are welcome
and would be deeply appreciated! </span></div>
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