Recent content by MellieP

As I stated earlier, some attorneys have told me (after I started this thread) that he can indeed drag me to court for the attorney fees. I was told here that he would have little chance to do this when it's his lawyer. I even have an email from the lawyer telling me she can't advise me because...

You're not going to convince me that photos are just stuff. They are the most important stuff. That's why people run into their burning homes to save them.

And since it WAS good advice to offer money to the estate for the photos, I have to wait until I get an answer about that offer, or at least wait until I've sent him the offer about 10 times so it looks very bad to the court for him not to acknowledge the offer due to his petty retaliation, or...

This is about legal questions, not your personal opinions. You have no clue what the situation is or why I don't have those photos. Obviously, if I could have predicted he would do this, I would have done something about it ahead of time. The lawyer won't do anything about it, I would have to...

And I didn't say he gets to do that. I said he gets to keep whatever he wants, and dole out whatever he wants, AS LONG AS it's of equal value. That's how it's been explained to me that it works. And this means it's pointless to say we inherited everything equally, when in fact, he is the one who...

I also don't understand how he has the power to dole anything out to whomever he wants when we equally inherited everything. That makes no sense. If he has that power, then basically he owns everything.

The only thing that would help me is if someone could tell me a way to send him to jail for what he's doing, but it doesn't seem possible. All I hear is that Executors have every legal right to make an heirs life miserable. They can take all the good stuff from an estate for themselves, or dole...

No, you don't get it. He is an extremely abusive, well off person. He will ruin his life just to hurt me. The fact that he is holding my mom's ashes and the photos hostage is just the tip of the iceberg. If I cut off all contact, I will get sued. I'm not joking or exaggerating when I call him a...

It has nothing to do with "what he wants me to believe". It has to do with his ability to sue me. If he didn't have me by the balls, I would tell him all contact is permanently cut off, have a nice life. I have never been sued, especially from across the country. I really do not want to deal...

I'm not "allowing" it. He's DOING it and it's upsetting. Several lawyers told me he CAN sue me for legal fees. Even though the lawyer made it clear she's HIS lawyer, not mine. So even if I ignore him, I could still get a notice that I have to fly all the way to MA from CA to be sued. I told him...

Oh, I didn't notice your comment that I "allow" him to abuse me. No, you are absolutely wrong. I had not spoken to him for 9 years. My mother died. I did not speak to him then, he communicated only with my husband. My family, who had talking nothing but trash about him all of a sudden wanted us...

I really want nothing to do with him. A letter from him just showed up in the mail, saying he'll only talk to me. He is so disgusting, he said he bought a plot and tombstone without my permission for a town my mom adamantly did NOT want to be buried in.

Unbelievable. So I should just send him letters via US mail?

So I offered to buy the contents of the photo album my brother took, minus the ones of him. This doesn't leave many pictures for me to buy and there's no logical reason he would want my school portraits. I offered $100 over a week ago. My husband contacted him because, as I stated, he is abusive...

Then it's pointless because I don't live there and cannot make it to court. What about invoices for the work I did and receipts? Do I have to file a claim in court for those too?