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Homeowner died intestate and may need mortgage forbearance

Hi- hoping for some advice on if this is possible. Trying to condense as best I can.

Homeowner (my sibling) died without a will and has two minor children and was divorced. He paid for all the housing and bills, this is a two family house that also houses our parent in the separate apartment.

As a result, my family including his ex wanted me to be administrator as historically spouse and I are financially stable and more well versed to deal with lawyers and estate complexities.

Unfortunately we’ve had a TERRIBLE lawyer, this case has dragged on for YEARS, and my younger nephew turned 18 last month. I was appointed guardian of property last year, but court still appointed guardian ad litem by the court, 2 months before his birthday.

The main issue is the mortgage company will not give any info to us, so we have spent years just trying to guess the payments based on bills, and with some in person begging for info, educated guesses, etc. Social security survivor benefits have ended for my nephew or will end in 1-2 months when he graduates.

I need a little more time because we do think this case will wrap up within the next couple months (we’ll see). Could we ask for a forbearance in this case? How could we do it for the mortgage company refuses to work with us because we don’t have any official letters from the court?

Thanks for reading

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