This trust is a Katrina

[gwammaof2]

California
Thanks for being patient. I really could use some good advice. I am paying an attorney but this attorney is not into the ugly side of trust disputes. I have already spent my savings, and I am getting scared. Hiring another attorney to litigate is going to be a problem for me. I have already spent well over $10k. There are 4 co-trustees who are also equal beneficiaries. the dispute is 2 against 2 and the other folks have a lawyer who does do litigation and the whole fight thing. We initially thought that the other 2 co-trustees were greedy moeny hungry creeps and there would be no long fight. One of them is on SSI and illegal drugs.There is only a few thousand being disputed, we want rent for the months the druggie lived in and held away the house belonging to the estate after our mom passed away. She kept all the personal possessions, too. The other 2 fraudulently drained the estate bank account (the POA in the trust required al 4 of us to sign, and the bank made an error and let them have the access on their own). All we want now is to have the remaining $313k dispursed to be free of these awful people and this trust. Life is way too short to drag this on and it is not sound financial management. The other attorney has been unavailable since the 1st week in August because after his vacation he developed a physical issue of some kind. We would like to try to file something to get the funds, at least those not in dispute released, but with him gone, and he had a court order during the period of time he was originally to be gone (up to Aug 14th) on file with our attorney. I know we should be able to ask our attorney these questions, but, oh well, she has no answer, says this could take forever.

 

[pojo2]

Isn't this the second or third time you have posted this question?

I did not go back and look at the responses but if you did not get one you liked it is becasue the issue is complex and you have an Atty so ask them the questions.

Seems the story keeps changing a little each time and didn't you even try to deceive us once with it being someone else etc?

Sorry if I have the wrong poster!

 

[gwammaof2]

Yep, that was me, the deceitful poster who was just trying to get an answer. I was asked a question and after I replied no one read that reply I guess. Lok I did everything right, hired a lawyer, paid out all my savings and I still got screwed by people who lie, cheat and steal. I have never been a liar, but folks such as yourself who evidently deal with a LOT of liars brush me off as one. I have been through so much in the past 18 months with liars and rotten people and my lawyer turned out to be inept to put it nicely. When I complained gently about being charged an awful lot for the lasty letter she wrote I was called offensive by the very person who earned my whole savings account and netted me not one dolar or personal memento from my loved one who died. I could see you posting replies to people and no one got back to me. Thanks for your half way there reply to my questions. I know that not all lawyers are offensive, but it sure would be refreshing to find one who could answer my questions, for free or for my whole savings account. BTW I am not a liar, thief, cheat, or anything close to that. In case that is what you assumed when I tried to tell a story to get someone's attention.

 

[BlondiePB]

Yep, that was me, the deceitful poster who was just trying to get an answer. I was asked a question and after I replied no one read that reply I guess. Lok I did everything right, hired a lawyer, paid out all my savings and I still got screwed by people who lie, cheat and steal. I have never been a liar, but folks such as yourself who evidently deal with a LOT of liars brush me off as one. I have been through so much in the past 18 months with liars and rotten people and my lawyer turned out to be inept to put it nicely. When I complained gently about being charged an awful lot for the lasty letter she wrote I was called offensive by the very person who earned my whole savings account and netted me not one dolar or personal memento from my loved one who died. I could see you posting replies to people and no one got back to me. Thanks for your half way there reply to my questions. I know that not all lawyers are offensive, but it sure would be refreshing to find one who could answer my questions, for free or for my whole savings account. BTW I am not a liar, thief, cheat, or anything close to that. In case that is what you assumed when I tried to tell a story to get someone's attention.

Regardless of how many threads you start, and THIS is the 7th one, no one here in cyberspace (as I told you in a different thread), even the attorneys, can resolve your problems with this trust. You can either keep your spineless attorney who keeps dragging this out, or fire that attorney and hire one that has some cajones.

These are links to all of the threads regarding this issue.

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=269940

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=272095

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=272264

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=272262

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=274545

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=274638

 

[gwammaof2]

Thanks, I like a forthright answer. The reason there were all those posts was because no one answered my questions. Thought that was what we came to this website for. My attorney has all my money, she does not need cajones, I guess, the money works better for her purposes.
btw this is the LAST post from me.

 

[Dandy Don]

Send me a private message that further clarifies your very unique situation by answering the following questions. The problem here is that they automatically have a grudge against you and even if they could disburse some of the monies that are not involved in this lawsuit, they are not inclined to do so just out of spite for you.

How much rent are you asking for?

Who brought the lawsuit?

Was there a will that was probated or were all of the assets put into the trust?

Is one of the co-trustees also the executor of the estate?

Did anyone get anything from the estate?

A POA in a trust is most unusual and were you aware that the POA expired at the same time that the death occurred? The bank's actions will have to be looked at more closely in view of that fact to see if they actually legally erred or not.

DANDY DON IN OKLAHOMA ([email protected])

 

[Dandy Don]

Please consider withdrawing the suit. For the little amount of rent money you are asking for, attorney fees will probably exceed that and this is a losing battle. Once that matter is out of the way, everyone can split the remaining money and get on with their lives.