Have you dealt with a greedy fam member after a death?
I came across this pic I took for my Aunt through marriage to let her know she wasn’t getting my painting 😠
Soon as she heard someone said it was worth a serious amount of money, she lost it saying it was promised to her daughter 😒 Growing up I just loved this painting. It’s like a piece of my childhood and it was my Gram’s who promised it to me when I was that young. She promised my cousin the other one that she loved.
It’s just sickening that she was ready to take it only b/c she thought it was worth money. After I sent her my pic my cousin told her, “no it’s hers, Gram promised her that one.”
My cousin took hers off my Gram’s wall when she was still in her nursing home room. I only had mine many years before b/c she didn’t have a place to hang it given its size. My Gram announced at that Thanksgiving that a nice stranger asked her for her painting and she gave it to her. Dementia.. but we didn’t know it yet and were all losing it 🤣
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No, nothing like a personal possession. It was the management of my grandfather's money that was heavily criticized after his death. One of my Aunts and my Uncle lived right down the street from his farm, and because they LIVED there, 90% of the responsibility for his care, and the execution of his will fell to them.
My cousin, Chuck, did NOT live in the same state, but disputed his portion of the inheritance in a horribly rude way, accusing my Aunt and Uncle of cheating everyone else.
I don't know what happens to people when there is a death. It's NOT good.
@4meAndyou These examples are the reason that people who are getting up in age or dealing with serious health funds need to hire an attorney to set up a very detailed trust fund them, and find 3 people that are very trustworthy that can be designated to distribute the assets.
@cherokeepatti My grandfather set up his farm as a corporation to escape the death tax. All his children, and three of his grandchildren whose father had died, were included in the corporation. My Aunt was executrix. The issue was that my grandfather had lived in a nursing home for a number of years before his death, and they had to pay for the nursing home fees while he was still alive.
When the farm was sold, my Aunt reimbursed herself, very correctly, for what they had paid out to the nursing home. Then of course, Chuck got snotty about her and accused her of cheating them. He was quite the dork.
