How can we compel brother to give us the original will?
Most states including Georgia have laws that require a person who has possession of an original Will to promptly file it with the Probate Court. Title 53, Section 53-5-5 of the Georgia Code not only requires that a person in possession of an original Will promptly file the original Will with the Probate Court, but also provides for a person refusing to do so being possibly subject to a fine and even imprisonment for contempt of court. I suggest that your ex-husband hire a lawyer to represent him and the estate. He should then have the lawyer petition the Probate Court in order to have the brother file the Will.
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