It's been said that when a love one dies without a will the Attorneys and the Court gets most of the money. You never think the Courts would appoint the first crooked relative that files. Then even if their is a will the Court gave that relative the right to hide the will. You can be the only Beneficiary on policys. if you don't have the policies in hand, your most top 500 fortune co., if the Decease was single can tell you things have a way of changing. Meaning Beneficiary of Pensions, 401k , Life Ins. and Title Trust to a home. The Trust in which your Decease relative may have been paying to help you with everything could just refuse to talk to you. The Judge could tell the Clerks not to let you submit copies of your Trust or any other papers.When the crooked Relative becomes Adminstrator they can lock you out of the Home you hold the Trust to. The police will not help because a Judges order gave them the right. You'll start to think maybe a Trust don't mean it's mines to have say so over. Even though you know it was to policys to pay off the house and you only collected one. If you don't have funds to hire a lawyer, the Judge may and can refuse to here your side are veiw your papers. Most Judges feel Pro Se have no rights. Don't expect that crooked relative to help because what ever you can't prove and if they know your SS# and other personal information then they can claim are keep anything else from you and the Estate at especially if they have a crooked lawyer helping them. Even if you hire a lawyer they could work on the side with the fortune 500 Co. holding the Title and other Ins., and not tell yyou. By the time you figure out what's happening and fire your lawyer No other lawyer will help defend you. Most people think if they have Beneficiarys and paid Trust Companys and left information or a will to accounts in their home are with the Trust Company thinks that nothing can go wrong. Why would they co-workers or the Attorneys whom wroted the Trust steal from their Beneficiary.The very people whom suppose to may sure nothing when wrong. If you report it to the company they just won't respond. You can even hear the lawyers say The Judge got to get hers. It's wrote off by stating The Family is Arguing over the Money.