Estate settlement

Well there are a lot of reasons why the administration of an estate can take years.  Mostly it depends on the types of assets or liabilities in the estate.  I am currently representing an estate for a decedent who has open claims relating to asbestos exposure.  Those claims take a long time to pursue to conclusion.  I had another were the decedent owed significant IRS tax debt.  We had to work a long time to resolve the tax debt with the IRS and the estate could not be finalized until that was completed.  I'm sure you've been in contact with the estate attorney but you might try a new approach and ask for a specific, written plan to get the estate to final resolution.  If you can't get that from the attorney, you might consider consulting with someone else to get a fresh set of eyes on the situation.