Thanks. Eventually, I'll find someone to represent me. Even with representation this won't be a cakewalk. Good on you to make things easier on your kids. You are a good person.
Thank you. It's been tough in many ways. The estate stuff, just stirs up grief and other emotions. Hope to come out this with some dignity and the feeling that justice prevailed, although it's unclear to me what the truth even is. Truly a confusing time.
Wish it was so straight forward. There's conflicting trusts. Further more, there's no executor, administratrix, special representative or trustees at the moment, because they all resigned. My family is united, we're not squabbling at all. There's a third party named, who seems to have full knowledge but isn't disclosing information. I'm seeking counsel because it's not apparent what needs to be done. The limited counsel I received, from an attorney I trust, is I/we really do need legal help to sort it out, and get things taken care of, and in the right order for the location. The details and order of operations matter.
Thanks. Been a tough slog through the mire. The third party seems to have access to a lot more information than us. Even my mom's estate attorney has been hard to deal with and refused my requests for documents, which should have been made available to us by law. After waiting three months for these documents, it took a call from my family attorney to get them and even that was not simple. That's the first time I've seen the documents in over five years and there's a whole lot of changes to digest. The third party is making requests for action, some of which do not benefit the family. It's been difficult to respond with little counsel. So things are messy and unclear. Once some of the major items get cleared up, I suspect the course of action will reveal itself. May have to swallow our dignity, but that's life, things aren't guaranteed to be fair.Tough times, especially when you are having to do all the arrangements
Having lost both parents myself, I feel for you mate. They live on in you, the person they helped create, and in the effects of their love, support and the good lessons they taught you, intended and unintended.
God keep their souls close, mate.
Blimey! Nobody needs this nonsense.
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We'll have you in our prayers tonight....The long and short of it is my mother passed today, after being in hospice for five days. Prior to that she had been in the hospital for about a week. She had a stroke and had deteriorated rapidly. Unfortunately, the stroke affected her throat and she was unable to swallow or to prevent food from coming up and into her lungs. Have to say it was one of the more painful experiences for me, (and obviously for her) to watch her wasting away. The Lord finally took mercy on her and took her this morning. I've not been here much, simply because I wanted to spend as much time with her as I possibly could.
I'm really not one for exposing my pain or sorrow in public, but here I am. What makes this harder for me, is it is nearly 4 years to the day that my father passed. It's hard being thrust into the position of patriarch and "chief adult" of the family, but it is my duty to my family. Still working out all the details, and trying to get all the family gathered. So I may be a little bit out of sorts for a while, but I hope to start the grieving and recovery process. There's obviously more to do, but I won't bore you with the details.
Thanks for being here. You are my other family. To be honest, I think you all are better behaved at times.
