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razziedazzie

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Thank you so much for you info. You were very helpful.
There is still a morgage due of $55,000 that I'll have to pay when I sell and the value on the house & land is $150,000. Since the bank accounts were joint (I could write checks without his signature)- If she tries to get dirty about all this and since she had me to close the accounts and give her all the money the day after his heart attack - a few days before he even died - can I go back and say I want part of the money since it was a joint account? Wasn't it illegal for her to ask me for the money before he died - she wasn't executor of Will before he died - right?
I did it cause I didn't want her to cause me problems but she did anyway.
I wouldn't do this if she would be fair - I only wanted to do what I knew Mr. Dupree wanted.
If she does get the contents (the reading of the Will is May 8-Tues) how can I fight her? Because it really is suppose to be mine -everyone knew this. Or how can I try to keep certain items if nothing else - all the furniture and furnishings was a gift. In other words - if at the reading of the Will they say she gets contents - how can I stop her temp. till I can maybe do something about it. If I just ask for any item she will say no if its totally up to her. And she really does not know whats mine and whats his
cause she rarely visited. She has already mentioned wanting items that were already mine from the beginning but thought it was her dads. Any more advice you can give me especially before May 8 would be most appreciated.
 


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advisor10

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MAY 8, 2001

DEAR RAZZIE:

I'm sorry that I could not respond before now but I've been having problems with my computer.

It wasn't illegal for her to ask for the $20K but it WAS sneaky and tricky--that money would have automatically gone to you. You can ask for it back but I don't think she will cooperate, so basically you can kiss this money goodbye.

The will probably will provide that the contents of the house are legally hers, but the reality is that she will only be able to get her hands on whatever is left in the house. If I were you, I would take whatever I wanted out of the house and only leave "leftovers" for her to get. You could put the items in a storage shed or wherever you wanted to put them to hide them and keep her from getting access to them. She will probably be asked by the court to have (whatever contents of the house she gets) the items to be appraised by an appraiser to determine what their value is.

At least it looks like you will have a good outcome and will be getting something and luckily were not cheated out of everything, as often happens in other situations.


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