What to do about self-dealing by an executor of a Trust?

What to do about self-dealing by an executor of a Trust?

My grandfather died 2 years ago. Before the division of the trust my aunt (executor) did a couple of things that have left my mother and myself feeling badly. Mine and my mother’s houses are kept in a trust and we have some trust money to manage them. My aunt (executor) also inhereted a house and used my grandfather’s money to upgrade and/or repair a new bathroom and part of a kitchen. When it came to our houses, my aunt (as executor) did something very different. She found out my mother had a lot of repairs needed for her home so she made sure the family insurance agent ok’d the home so there would not be an inspection. Then she asked me to lie to my mother so she would not have to do any repairs out of the main trust of my grandfather’s.

Asked on February 4, 2013 under Estate Planning, Oregon

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