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My father died in May in Fla . His 3rd wife went after the elective share ( 1/3). His will stated all was to go to me & my sister. I can't get a simple answer from our estate lawyer on what she gets. He left a van ( which he bought from her 3 yrs ago for $10k cash). He also left a house ( around 70k) and around 30k of mutual funds. Possessions in the house are worth maybe $1000. Anyway her lawyer has kept coming back wanting us to pay her off for her life estate. She gets the van & the life estate in the house, but she has left the house to live with her daughter. Her atty. wants the van, 10k for the funds, and us to buy her out of the life estate for $12k!
1. If she left the house do we have to just leave it empty? Who pays upkeep, taxes, electric etc? She has told the Insurance co to send the bills to us.
2. Can she rent it out?
3. The attys both claim she gets the van, the house and 30% of the grand total also including the house, funds, and van on top of the house and van? Can this be true?
4. By Fla law she can get up to 6k for family allowance. She is 80+ lives rent free with her daughter, has 40k in the bank and gets 1500 month soc.security. Her and my dad split all bill 50 -50 and in fact put 3k in the joint account just before he died. Does she also get 6k for family allowance or will it be a court case?
Sorry for questions but I can't get any answers from our lawyer even though we owe 6k already since June.
1. If she left the house do we have to just leave it empty? Who pays upkeep, taxes, electric etc? She has told the Insurance co to send the bills to us.
2. Can she rent it out?
3. The attys both claim she gets the van, the house and 30% of the grand total also including the house, funds, and van on top of the house and van? Can this be true?
4. By Fla law she can get up to 6k for family allowance. She is 80+ lives rent free with her daughter, has 40k in the bank and gets 1500 month soc.security. Her and my dad split all bill 50 -50 and in fact put 3k in the joint account just before he died. Does she also get 6k for family allowance or will it be a court case?
Sorry for questions but I can't get any answers from our lawyer even though we owe 6k already since June.