How does one best deal with a sibling gone rogue regarding mother’s estate?
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How does one best deal with a sibling gone rogue regarding mother’s estate?
There are siblings who have inherited our mother’s estate. It consists of cash, stocks, priceless jewellery and furs. We all live scattered over the world; my eldest brother in NH, my youngest sister/executor lives in CA (to be near and care for our ill and now-deceased mother) and myself in Germany. We sisters are in complete alignment. Our brother, however, flew to CA with his spouse 3 days after our mother’s death. They purchased first-class plane tickets for themselves in the amount of $4,500, which they somehow managed to charge to our mother’s estate. The sole purpose of his flight to CA was to secure his
Asked on February 19, 2018 under Estate Planning, California
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for your loss and for the situation as it stands. So now that your sister has an attorney helping her with the estate she should rely on himor her to do all the communications with your brother. That is what the attorney is paid for. The attorney can send a letter advising that the advance on the estate (and lay out what exactly he got and what it is valued at) will be deducted from his share of the estate proceeds. As for the texting, have her block the numbers. Let the attorney handle things. Good luck.
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