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toonice88
Guest
state of Illinois
Long story short: My biological father died in 1994. He had made a considerable amount of money. His time from diagnosis of cancer to death was about 2 weeks. His will left everything to my stepmother. She basically led a miserable life, was not a nice person and alienated everyone that was close to her and my father. I have a stepsister who took over the finances, myself who took over the medical aspects, and looked after my stepmother and schlepped her around, and visited and ran errands all in honor of my father. I have a biological brother(same father) who is mentally ill and in a nursing home.
Over the years, this woman became meaner and meaner, my stepsister handling all the finances took the money and set up USGM trusts for my 2 daughters with her and stepmom and trustees. Also formed an FLP with her and her mother, and my 2 daughters(age 9 &11) as limited partners. I was totally excluded!! When I found this out, I decided I was done with this witch once and for all, despite my fathers legacy. Well now, this woman has died. I don't really know if my stepsister will do the right thing as far as inheritance, but if she doesn't, how much time to I have? And do I have a claim to this inheritance. my stepmother never worked a day in her life. My father earned all of the estate. Granted my stepsister(who is very financially savvy grew the estate) but do I have recourse? Do I contact an attorney now, or wait to see what she does? Could she have buried everything so deep that it is nondiscoverable?
I apologize for the length of this but I need direction.
Long story short: My biological father died in 1994. He had made a considerable amount of money. His time from diagnosis of cancer to death was about 2 weeks. His will left everything to my stepmother. She basically led a miserable life, was not a nice person and alienated everyone that was close to her and my father. I have a stepsister who took over the finances, myself who took over the medical aspects, and looked after my stepmother and schlepped her around, and visited and ran errands all in honor of my father. I have a biological brother(same father) who is mentally ill and in a nursing home.
Over the years, this woman became meaner and meaner, my stepsister handling all the finances took the money and set up USGM trusts for my 2 daughters with her and stepmom and trustees. Also formed an FLP with her and her mother, and my 2 daughters(age 9 &11) as limited partners. I was totally excluded!! When I found this out, I decided I was done with this witch once and for all, despite my fathers legacy. Well now, this woman has died. I don't really know if my stepsister will do the right thing as far as inheritance, but if she doesn't, how much time to I have? And do I have a claim to this inheritance. my stepmother never worked a day in her life. My father earned all of the estate. Granted my stepsister(who is very financially savvy grew the estate) but do I have recourse? Do I contact an attorney now, or wait to see what she does? Could she have buried everything so deep that it is nondiscoverable?
I apologize for the length of this but I need direction.