On Friday, August 8, 2014 7:51:59 PM UTC-4, Cheri wrote:
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> > On 8/8/2014 6:48 PM, Cheri wrote:
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> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> >>> I left Peaches with my middle brother when I came here to SC with my
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> >>> cat. I didn't have the heart to keep Persia boarded for who knew how
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> >>> much longer. (Plus I needed some more clothes. It's hard living out
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> >>> of a suitcase.) I fully expected to go back to TN... That didn't
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> >>> happen. I have no idea where Peaches is, now. My brother and I don't
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> >>> speak. I don't know if he gave her away or took her with him when he
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> >>> moved to someplace in Texas.
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> >>> Jill
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> >> I'm sorry you have that going on with your brother. :-(
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> >> Cheri
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> > Thanks, but your sympathy is really unfounded. He's a greedy SOB who
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> > cheated me out of $11,000 in taxes due on an annuity I split with him and
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> > my oldest brother. Mom's lawyer told me I didn't have to give them 1/3 of
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> > the money but I was trying to adhere to her wishes. Then I got stuck with
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> > the tax bill.
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> > This brother also expected me to sell the house and split the proceeds
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> > with him. Mom's lawyer told him even if I sold the house he wasn't
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> > entitled to a dime of it. He threated to contest the Will. Her lawyer
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> > basically said "Knock yourself out and waste your money; I'll be
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> > testifying on Jill's behalf. I'm the one who drew up the Will and I know
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> > what your mother wanted." I haven't heard from him since he collected his
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> > money and split. To somewhere in Texas. Good riddance.
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> > Jill
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> I'm sure you have good reasons, I just always find it sad when family
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> members are estranged, nothing more.

I know at LEAST 5 sets of siblings who aren't talking because of a fight over the parents' assets. Each one thinks the other one 'robbed' them. I know one guy who's spent 50K in legal fees fighting a brother who claims blah blah blah. It's too bad, but it seems to be more common lately.


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> Cheri