What is the name of your state? CA
My girlfriends mother just passed away 2 years ago of breast cancer. When she signed the will or trust documentation she was very sick.
It was said by her to her daughter and son that they get half of the house, the other half going to the husband(not her childrens father).
My girlfriend and I just recently moved, she moved out of the house that she is supposed to have 25% of in the trust, with her brother having 25% and the step-father having 50%.
The trust is in their stepfathers last name and he is the executor.
My girlfriend and her stepfather never had a good relationship, stemming from many things but it heated up most when she and he disagreed about how to treat her mom in her last day alive.
Since she moved out, and the disagreements about the small things that my grilfriend wanted of her moms(little intrinsic value) the stepfather has gotten bold and is telling my girlfriends aunt(her moms sister) and and her brother that "she(my girlfriend) isn't going to get anything because i'm going to redo the will".
Is there anything we could and should do being that shes threatened by this?
She has mentioned that there's a possibilty that if he gets remarried the ownership of the house disappears or changes.
I'd like to help her protect her interests in something her mother intended on her having. We are not interested in getting nasty, just want to protect her interests.
Is there anything we can do? It's our understanding that the attorney who did the trust is the stepfathers friend or has done work for eachother for a long time.
Can we get a copy of the will or trust? How would we do that? Thank you so very much for any pointers.
My girlfriends mother just passed away 2 years ago of breast cancer. When she signed the will or trust documentation she was very sick.
It was said by her to her daughter and son that they get half of the house, the other half going to the husband(not her childrens father).
My girlfriend and I just recently moved, she moved out of the house that she is supposed to have 25% of in the trust, with her brother having 25% and the step-father having 50%.
The trust is in their stepfathers last name and he is the executor.
My girlfriend and her stepfather never had a good relationship, stemming from many things but it heated up most when she and he disagreed about how to treat her mom in her last day alive.
Since she moved out, and the disagreements about the small things that my grilfriend wanted of her moms(little intrinsic value) the stepfather has gotten bold and is telling my girlfriends aunt(her moms sister) and and her brother that "she(my girlfriend) isn't going to get anything because i'm going to redo the will".
Is there anything we could and should do being that shes threatened by this?
She has mentioned that there's a possibilty that if he gets remarried the ownership of the house disappears or changes.
I'd like to help her protect her interests in something her mother intended on her having. We are not interested in getting nasty, just want to protect her interests.
Is there anything we can do? It's our understanding that the attorney who did the trust is the stepfathers friend or has done work for eachother for a long time.
Can we get a copy of the will or trust? How would we do that? Thank you so very much for any pointers.