What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? North Carolina
My daughter was awarded a large cash settlement from an insurance company due to her involvement in an auto accident. During her week long stay in the hospital I promised her a trip to Disney World that she asked for. The lawyer that represented she/I in the case agreed to speak with a judge and ask that I be forwarded $5,000 of her $100,000 settlement so that I could take her on said trip. I understood that a judge may or may not agree to this type of distribution of her funds. The remaining monies are being put into an annuity for her that I can't touch. I don't want the rest, that's her money for college, etc. On Monday of this week my attorney's asst. called my wife and said verbatim that we were going to get the "Disney World" monies. It's now Wednesday and she calls me back and says that we are not getting the money for my daughter's trip to Disney World. My wife has already informed our daughter that her wishes have come true and she will be able to go. Now I'm in a position of having to break my word to my daughter because my lawyer either "jumped the gun" on the judge's decision, merely thinkning that we would be awarded her trip money or something else happened. Either way I'm now faced with having to break her six year old heart. I feel that my lawyer should not have made such a judgement call and that was negligent on his part. I'm grief stricken and can't stomach the thought of her tears when I tell her the bad news. The permanent scarring/months of emotional therapy she and I both recieved as a direct result of the accident are bad enough, now I have to face my daughter as a liar. Is there anything that I can do? It's not fair for her hopes to be built up so and then to be let down because of his poor judgement/incompetence. All I want is to be able to take her on her trip.
My daughter was awarded a large cash settlement from an insurance company due to her involvement in an auto accident. During her week long stay in the hospital I promised her a trip to Disney World that she asked for. The lawyer that represented she/I in the case agreed to speak with a judge and ask that I be forwarded $5,000 of her $100,000 settlement so that I could take her on said trip. I understood that a judge may or may not agree to this type of distribution of her funds. The remaining monies are being put into an annuity for her that I can't touch. I don't want the rest, that's her money for college, etc. On Monday of this week my attorney's asst. called my wife and said verbatim that we were going to get the "Disney World" monies. It's now Wednesday and she calls me back and says that we are not getting the money for my daughter's trip to Disney World. My wife has already informed our daughter that her wishes have come true and she will be able to go. Now I'm in a position of having to break my word to my daughter because my lawyer either "jumped the gun" on the judge's decision, merely thinkning that we would be awarded her trip money or something else happened. Either way I'm now faced with having to break her six year old heart. I feel that my lawyer should not have made such a judgement call and that was negligent on his part. I'm grief stricken and can't stomach the thought of her tears when I tell her the bad news. The permanent scarring/months of emotional therapy she and I both recieved as a direct result of the accident are bad enough, now I have to face my daughter as a liar. Is there anything that I can do? It's not fair for her hopes to be built up so and then to be let down because of his poor judgement/incompetence. All I want is to be able to take her on her trip.