On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:56:05 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

> On 8/27/13 12:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2013-08-27 10:17 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah. My middle brother and I don't speak. He got ****ed because Mom
> >> left me the house. He expected me to sell it and split the proceeds.
> >> Her lawyer told him even if I sold the house he wasn't entitled to money
> >> from the sale of it. He threatened to contest the will. The lawyer
> >> said knock yourself out; you'll lose. The real kicker was when he *sent
> >> me a bill* for attending Mom's funeral! Cost of air fare, hotel, rental
> >> car. Talk about sour grapes.
> >
> >
> > I guess it would depend on how how insistent he was that he be
> > reimbursed. It is not unheard of for arrangements being made for the
> > estate to pay for travel for distant family to attend a funeral.
> >
>
> I was going to say about that same thing. And of course, IMO, the estate
> *should* have been split up in thirds by whatever means.

I don't agree with that. Jill cared for both her mother and her
father for years before their deaths and it was not an easy task
dealing with her father. Her brother was measuring the furniture
before her mother had died. Very tacky man and the ultimate
cheapskate. As a parent, you are not obligated to treat your children
equally. That brother is a jerk, with a home and a good job. He can
provide for himself. Leaving the house to Jill was her mother's way
of saying thank you for devoting so many years of her life to taking
care of them.

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