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I had a cousin who died last year in Boston. She died intestate. She had no husband, children, brothers, or sisters. Her mother died the year before and her father deserted her in 1936. The inheritence goes back up the family tree to the her parents. Well both her mother and father are dead. The father that deserted them in 1936 died in 1959. The mother had two brothers. The deserted father had three brothers.
The mothers brothers are dead and the deserted fathers brothers are now dead. Any inheritence we are being told goes to the children of the children of the dead mother and father of the intestate cousin.
Now some 65 years after the father's desertion, the father's brothers children have come forward and want a proportion share of the dead cousin's estate. The father's side of the family never contributed to the cousin's welfare. My father actually bought them a house and gifted the house to them in 1955. He put off marrying until he was 42 to raise this niece, my cousin.
Is there anyway that the father's side of the family can be disinherited despite intestacy of my cousin. Does anyone out there that know an attorney that has susccessfully handled this type of case? For people that did not even know the deceased nor contribute to her welfare, there must be some kind of redress for those of who did. She was a severe epileptic and these cousins from the father's side are wanting their share. I want to fight it since morally and ethically they did nothing although I recognize they may ahve legal claim? Any lead would be helpful.
I had a cousin who died last year in Boston. She died intestate. She had no husband, children, brothers, or sisters. Her mother died the year before and her father deserted her in 1936. The inheritence goes back up the family tree to the her parents. Well both her mother and father are dead. The father that deserted them in 1936 died in 1959. The mother had two brothers. The deserted father had three brothers.
The mothers brothers are dead and the deserted fathers brothers are now dead. Any inheritence we are being told goes to the children of the children of the dead mother and father of the intestate cousin.
Now some 65 years after the father's desertion, the father's brothers children have come forward and want a proportion share of the dead cousin's estate. The father's side of the family never contributed to the cousin's welfare. My father actually bought them a house and gifted the house to them in 1955. He put off marrying until he was 42 to raise this niece, my cousin.
Is there anyway that the father's side of the family can be disinherited despite intestacy of my cousin. Does anyone out there that know an attorney that has susccessfully handled this type of case? For people that did not even know the deceased nor contribute to her welfare, there must be some kind of redress for those of who did. She was a severe epileptic and these cousins from the father's side are wanting their share. I want to fight it since morally and ethically they did nothing although I recognize they may ahve legal claim? Any lead would be helpful.