On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 21:08:18 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>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?* 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.
>>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>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

Sounds very contentious and definitely not about food!