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| Legal Drama |
| 06.20.05 (1:43 am) [edit] |
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It's 3:30 am and I couldn't sleep. Decided to catch up on some emails and checked an old email account. And had to pick my jaw up off the ground. As many of you recall, one of my dearest friends, a sort of surrogate mother to me, killed herself last spring. Her two sons (my age) had disowned her several years before because they could not deal with her bipolar disease, and had refused to let her ever meet her grandchildren. Quite literally, it killed her. I flew out for her memorial service, which was full of drama. The boys have always sided with their father (a rather wealthy and prominent atty in Houston).I called one of the sons prior to the service to reach out to him, he was a total ass and didn't even acknowledge me at the service. Now her sons are contesting her will, which was signed over two years prior to her death. She wrote them completely out of her estate. (Justifiably so) They are saying she was insane. She wasn't. I spent 10 days with her and saw she was manic, but reasonable. I have stayed in touch with her side of the family and been kept abreast of the situation. But, I got emails from one of the sons and their atty asking me to contact them regarding important information on the case. They can't seriously think that I would have anything to say about her that would help them. I'm going to contact Executor of her estate and advise him. I'd love a chance to testify on her behalf against her sons. |
posted by: NurseNancy (reply)
post date: 06.20.05 (12:52 am)
well if they ask you if she shared info about her estate with you, tell the truth- that she told you she had cut them out and let the chips fall where they may! It might look good on them!!
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 06.20.05 (3:31 am)
Reply to: NurseNancy
Of course I would tell the truth - but she made it clear to me that the sons had made the decision to cut her out of their/their children's lives.
Her family offered to settle and set up a trust fund for each of the grandchildren - which the sons wouldn't accept. It's greed and it's sad. They turned their back on her and now they are trying to run her memory through the mud by saying she was not of sound mind.
posted by: kreativekat (reply)
post date: 06.20.05 (6:16 am)
That's horrible!! It is so sad that family would cut a loved one out because of one flaw. My cousin did that to his dad because of his alcoholism. Now that my uncle is gone, my cousin is using my aunt's basement as a winery. And every time I see him now he's drunk. Apples don't fall far from the tree.
posted by: verucassalty (reply)
post date: 06.20.05 (7:09 am)
i remember you writing about that last year.
what a bunch of crap. i hope your able to share your side (her side).
i guess there really is more dysfunction in families than functioning sometimes.
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