Mr Matz was given (?) my mother's estate to complete after his good friend Atty K. L., I'm told,…read morehad personal issues and left the area.
In all honesty, I don't even know who hired the first attorney? He did write a Will, which was not used, and he was not at all interested in processing it, which is what should have been done. Too late now.
The first attorney told me during my in person consult, he was going to have Mr Mazt process the more than $100k in stocks to my niece, before he even talked to the guy. I don't see how this is not a conflict of interest. We had no idea she was alive let alone even entitled to any resources.
Mr Matz contacted me a few months later and said I needed to sign off on a payment exceeding $120k, which I agreed to aprox June 2026, also suggesting I would be entitled to more money. This also freed up money for Mr. Matz, to take who knows how much. He refused to say. I didn't get any additional money as he intimated.
My understanding is the first attorney took about $22k, and almost all of the estate was already complete, except cashing out one stock, which would pay my brother's daughter.
I signed the document. The niece was paid, I believe in June, I can only assume Mr Matz took his share, and that's where this ended.
A week or two ago I emailed Mr Matz requesting an accounting for all assets, what happened to the $30k withheld Nov 2025, and put in escrow to pay inheritance tax on the house, who hired him, how much was he being paid, and how much did the other beneficiaries and executor get paid. He refused to answer.
My sister is the executor, and she won't answer any questions either. I was informed of very little, including the fact she had the short certificate back in late 2024, to sell the house. I had no idea. She then listed the house with her son-in-law realtor, which my mother told us she absolutely did not want.
The house was listed and sold without my permission. I was actually the executor of the most recent Will, which conveniently was not found until after an earlier version of the Will, was used.
I already had a cash buyer December 2024, and had no idea my sister was withholding the short certificate.
Mr Matz refused to answer any of the questions and told me I would receive a complete accounting of the estate, sometime in 2027, after the taxes were filed, or I could hire my own attorney.
This is totally unacceptable! I am entitled to a complete accounting of the estate.
I did not realize we had a adversarial relationship here. Had I any idea, I would not have signed off on the stocks until a complete accounting of the estate was provided to me.
This is not the kind of attorney I would suggest using..
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Wayne Brunner
Lehighton, PA 18235