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Okay, this crappy Trust saga has been going on for over a year - we have mediation next week - don't know if this is a good thing or not but anyway -
Four daughters - 3 with same mother and father, 1 with same father different mother - ten years older than the other three.
Today, my half sister's mother called me. "Susie Q" (my half sister) estranged herself from our side of the family twelve years ago when our father died (She was angry with my sisters and me because we would not help her pay an attorney to sue our mother (who was still married to our father when he died) to get his pension (that automatically went to our mother). We refused, and Susie Q cut us out of her life - moved, changed numbers, etc.
My mother died in 2003. Trust divides her property between my two sisters and me. Specifically states that she has no other heirs. As evidenced by my prior posts - this is truly the PROBATE FROM HELL but anyway - Susie Q's mother, out of the blue, calls me today. She found out about our mother's death, went on line and got some probate information. Because she's a real estate agent, she was able to get information on the Trust properties.
Okay so this situation is messy enough - Susie's Q's mother says that she and Susie Q are going to file claims against our mother's estate. She says my father never paid child support for Susie Q (who, by the way, is now 55 years old - and despite the fact that my mother kept every cancelled check our father sent for child support to Susie Q's mother). And that Susie Q has a claim because she's an heir of our father's - who our mother excluded from her Trust / Will. She got my attorney's name and number (it's on the Probate info she received from the court) and she says their going to throw a wrench in this mess with their claims - that we may as well try to work something out with them before it gets to this point.
So is this something I need to be concerned about? I mean dang - like dealing with my "whole" sister's hasn't been stressful enough - now this?? Gads!
Thanks....
Okay, this crappy Trust saga has been going on for over a year - we have mediation next week - don't know if this is a good thing or not but anyway -
Four daughters - 3 with same mother and father, 1 with same father different mother - ten years older than the other three.
Today, my half sister's mother called me. "Susie Q" (my half sister) estranged herself from our side of the family twelve years ago when our father died (She was angry with my sisters and me because we would not help her pay an attorney to sue our mother (who was still married to our father when he died) to get his pension (that automatically went to our mother). We refused, and Susie Q cut us out of her life - moved, changed numbers, etc.
My mother died in 2003. Trust divides her property between my two sisters and me. Specifically states that she has no other heirs. As evidenced by my prior posts - this is truly the PROBATE FROM HELL but anyway - Susie Q's mother, out of the blue, calls me today. She found out about our mother's death, went on line and got some probate information. Because she's a real estate agent, she was able to get information on the Trust properties.
Okay so this situation is messy enough - Susie's Q's mother says that she and Susie Q are going to file claims against our mother's estate. She says my father never paid child support for Susie Q (who, by the way, is now 55 years old - and despite the fact that my mother kept every cancelled check our father sent for child support to Susie Q's mother). And that Susie Q has a claim because she's an heir of our father's - who our mother excluded from her Trust / Will. She got my attorney's name and number (it's on the Probate info she received from the court) and she says their going to throw a wrench in this mess with their claims - that we may as well try to work something out with them before it gets to this point.
So is this something I need to be concerned about? I mean dang - like dealing with my "whole" sister's hasn't been stressful enough - now this?? Gads!
Thanks....