Miss Tequila
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Post by Miss Tequila on Feb 4, 2020 11:08:54 GMT -5
My very "religious" cousin also screwed over the kids of her second husband. Sadly, her husband died of the widow-maker heart attack in his late 40s. He had three children from his previous marriage that I know he would have wanted to take care of. But like a lot of us in our 40s, you don't think you are going to die and he did not have a will. Not only did the witch not give his children any money, she wouldn't give them one thing from the house. His one son wanted a gun that meant a lot to him because it was the gun they used when his dad taught him how to hunt. She wouldn't give it to him. She had an estate sale and my other cousin (from yet another sister!lol) bought the gun and gave it to his son. I am not a lawyer, but in Alabama the widow doesn't automatically inherit everything if a person dies without a will (intestate). I know this varies by state. Sometimes, there is an amount like $100,000 that automatically goes to the surviving spouse and the remainder is divided between the surviving spouse and the decedent's children. That amount may also vary, but it is very unusual to totally disinherit the decedent's children using intestate laws exclusively. I'm obviously not a lawyer, but an elder law lawyer talked with me extensively about these issues last summer. I wonder if the kids by a previous marriage just took her word that they inherited nothing. Or maybe there was nothing to inherit if everything was joint.Very good point and I honestly do not know. They lived in a different state so I have no idea what the laws are in that state. I do know that the bulk of what she inherited was a house (in PA it would be held as Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship (that's the norm, I'm sure not the only way) and I'm assuming the other assets were held the same way (joint investment and bank accounts). It wasn't even that the kids wanted money, they wanted items of sentimental value and she refused to give them anything. I do not know if they could have fought that or not but they didn't.
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ilovedolphins
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Post by ilovedolphins on Feb 6, 2020 19:48:19 GMT -5
I told my brother on Tuesday that I wanted us to get together and split mom's money so that I could put my share to good use. I was surprised when he contacted me on Wednesday and brought the money. Hopefully things will go smoother but I'm not counting on it.
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sesfw
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Post by sesfw on Feb 6, 2020 20:43:25 GMT -5
Here's hoping for you .............
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