On 10/8/2018 3:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-10-08 1:36 PM, Gary wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>> Why would you wish that on your mother?Â* My father-in-law outlived
>>> two of his sons, and it nearly broke his heart.
>>
>> I didn't explain right. No...She should die first, then her kids.
>> I just don't want her leaving anytime soon.
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> My neighbour went through a lot of family crap when her mother died. She
> had been caring for the woman and had a joint bank account with her. The
> woman had $100,000 in the account and the neighbour was to share it with
> her 13 brothers and sisters. Since it was a joint account there would be
> no probate to deal with, and it would be about $7 each. Two of the
> brothers thought they were getting short changed and threatened to go to
> court over it. Any court action would have eaten up a good junk of the
> inheritance.
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My middle brother threatened to contest our mother's Will, claiming she
wasn't in her right mind. Apparently he didn't think getting 1/3 of the
money and the pick of furnishings was enough. Mom's lawyer told him go
ahead! You'll wind up ****ing away most of your inheritance.

This is the same brother who tried to convince me to have Dad declared
incompetent. It's true Dad at the time had early stage Alzheimers. But
he'd made out his Will many years before, leaving everything to Mom.
This brother acted like Mom was irrelevant. He just wanted control of
the money.

My dad was still savvy enough to realize this brother was greedy. Dad
called me one day and said, "You tell your brother if he mentions my
*Will* one more time I'll make sure he never sees a dime!"

Jill