On 8/28/2013 10:21 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> 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.
>>
>
> Why? There are many valid reasons not to split an estate equally.
> Unless you know the family situation you are not in a position to make
> such a call.


There certainly are valid reasons not to split things evenly. The
problem is that the deceased leaves their children with scarred
relationships. There may be good reasons for some of them to be cut out
completely or to get less than the others, but there will almost
certainly hard feelings.