There can't have been a will. If there was a will then then it would have named an executor/excutrix (whomever Jay chose for the job). That's how Madden became an Administrator (you have to apply to the Court if there is no will to name an Administrator/Administratix). When Madden would have applied to have been named Administrator, he would have had to provide the Court with documents showing how much Sebring's estate was worth. It's probably also why Jay was buried in Detroit and not in California because his will would have said where he wanted to be buried. His family would have had the legal right to pick his burial place because no legally appointed representative would been available to make that decision. If Jay had intended to sign his business rights over to Madden (I am just guessing at this), then Madden would be out of luck because his parents would have been his closest living heirs. Some money might have gone to his siblings but I think his estate would have mostly gone to Jay's parents. So only Jay's parents would have been able to sue for wrongful death as Jay's legal heirs. Madden might have been able to sue as Jay's business partner but Jay's siblings could not have sued for wrongful death unless they could prove that they were dependent on Jay for living expenses. It's the same with Sharon. She had no will so her estate went to Roman. He gave away her possessions to her friends and he signed any rights he had to her estate over to Paul Tate. That's how Debra Tate has control over Sharon's rights now (they should still belong to Roman but since he signed them over). Again I am assuming that Paul Tate signed over the rights to Sharon's estate to his beneficiaries. I don't believe that Sharon's family sued the Family for wrongful death but I do know that Jay's family did and so did Voytek's son Bartek. Maybe the Parent family also sued. I don't know that. If Abigail did not have a will, then her estate would have gone to her parents and so on... It would be different with Voytek because he had a son so the estate would have gone to his son etc.
Thanks for the explanantion, Jean. I'm not into wills etc. so i guess I just assumed he had one. That was interesting info, I'll have to remember it, thanks again!
