From long-lost grandchildren to hidden gold, HeirSearch cases are anything but ordinary.
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The Unseen Challenge When John King passed away, he left behind a revocable trust naming his cousins, Mary Mahomes and David Dixon, as beneficiaries. The estate’s executor, a close friend of John, hired a law firm to assist him. When the firm’s initial attempts to contact the beneficiaries failed, they turned to HeirSearch for help. […]
When Betty Colton died intestate at the age of 78, the court-appointed curator for her estate faced a complex situation. The decedent was a hoarder, leaving behind a cluttered home filled with various items but little valuable property for potential heirs. The estate consisted mainly of a homestead and some exempt property. The curator knew […]
When Christian Mahoney, a lifelong bachelor with no children and predeceased by his brother, mother, and father, passed away, the attorney appointed by the court as the dependent administrator faced the daunting task of managing an intestate estate valued in the mid-six figures. Recognizing the complexity of the situation, the attorney enlisted the expertise of […]
Susan North established a lifetime revocable living trust designating her son as the primary beneficiary. However, when her son, Thomas North, passed away shortly after her, the trust faced a complex situation. Engaging our services, the trust company, appointed as the Executor to the Estate of Thomas North, sought our expertise in identifying, locating, proving, […]
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Challenging Case When an attorney’s client passed away, the decedent left behind a brother known to reside in J...
An attorney in Illinois hired HeirSearch to identify & locate the heirs at law of Gene Sanderson, a U.S. Army vet...
An attorney in Texas hired HeirSearch to identify & locate Beatrice Hawthorn and, if deceased, her issue. Given ...
In this HeirSearch success story, we explore the curious case of a decedent with a substantial estate and no children...
An attorney in Pennsylvania representing the trustee hired HeirSearch to identify and locate any surviving issue. The...
A private fiduciary company in California retains HeirSearch’s services to identify, locate, and prove a decedent’s ...
HeirSearch’s investigative expertise is put to test by reconstructing an estranged family tree. When Jenny Airedale p...
A Connecticut-based attorney approached HeirSearch to conduct an overseas search to facilitate an estate settlement. ...
A bank leverages HeirSearch’s investigative expertise to identify the rightful beneficiaries in a complex fami...
How can fiduciary professionals fulfil their fiduciary duty when a decedent’s true name is unknown? A Michigan Public...
How HeirSearch helps legal professionals satisfy the courts, even when the estate in question has no living heirs. A ...
A Nevada-Based Public Administrator approached HeirSearch to solve a puzzling case. A Public Administrator engaged He...
How can legal professionals satisfy the courts when the extent of a decedent’s family is unknown? When a New York-bas...
When a Public Administrator was tasked with confirming heirship for a man with no known family, HeirSearch was the fi...
Mary Wilson was an elderly woman under the care of a Florida Plenary Guardian. Her health was declining and she was r...
An estate attorney in Missouri leverages HeirSearch’s expertise to locate and identify an heir who hadn’t been heard...
Family history on the back of a single photograph When an elderly matriarch passed away, she took her family history ...
Where do you find a missing relative and estranged heir? The lost heir had no record of stable employment and his fam...
Was the information incorrect, or had the rightful heirs simply disappeared? When an attorney couldn’t locate the two...
We find heirs, even when they seem determined to stay lost. The woman named in the will had changed her name so many ...
An unexpected inheritance helped a man get back on his feet. The man hadn’t had contact with his family for years, bu...
How do you search for heirs to solve a decade-old cold case? The bank assumed control of a woman’s financial affairs ...
Building trust to find the truth. Did the lost heir even exist? A widow was reluctant to speak about her family with ...
Finding family members isn’t always straightforward, especially when someone destroys records. An elderly man’s will ...
Sometimes, it really is as simple as a spelling mistake. A man left a sizeable inheritance to the daughter he hadn’t ...
No one expects to find a hidden treasure. Cleaners discovered $7.4 million in gold hidden in Milton Hyde’s home after...
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