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My mother passed away in January. She had recently became ill and was advised (by who I'm not sure) to begin removing her name from her assets (home & bank accounts). She had 4 children. Prior to her death, my mother quick-claim deeded her house to my younger sister. She had an IRA & CD. It was no secret the CD was for her 4 grandchildren (college ed). She recently changed the beneficiary of her CD to my younger sister as well. At first my sister seemed to be handling this all responsibly. We were waiting for the CD to be paid out to meet and decide what we were going to do (payoff debts, pay taxes on money, divide money) Unfortunately, I discovered she had received the check, cashed it & transferred all of the funds to her personal account. Now she seems to be intending to keep all of the money & house for herself. I am not sure what the status of the IRA is because she has stopped communicating with the rest of the family. Is there anything I can do???
My mother passed away in January. She had recently became ill and was advised (by who I'm not sure) to begin removing her name from her assets (home & bank accounts). She had 4 children. Prior to her death, my mother quick-claim deeded her house to my younger sister. She had an IRA & CD. It was no secret the CD was for her 4 grandchildren (college ed). She recently changed the beneficiary of her CD to my younger sister as well. At first my sister seemed to be handling this all responsibly. We were waiting for the CD to be paid out to meet and decide what we were going to do (payoff debts, pay taxes on money, divide money) Unfortunately, I discovered she had received the check, cashed it & transferred all of the funds to her personal account. Now she seems to be intending to keep all of the money & house for herself. I am not sure what the status of the IRA is because she has stopped communicating with the rest of the family. Is there anything I can do???