I am a resident of the United States and my Aunt passed away living in Australia. She passed in March of 2016. I found out thru a common friend last month that me and my family were the sole beneficiary's of the estate. I contacted the lawyer last month and announced myself as a beneficiary and my name and address were in the Will. Again we were never contacted by either the lawyer nor the executor. Now Im being told they need an additional 3 months to complete the process. This will make it 16 months. There was no real estate to be sold. I"m I wrong to think this is taking to long and the executor is not fulfilling his obligations?