Mike - it's all about greed, isn't it? A freeby...something for nothing. It's really strange how families go rushing-in after the death of a parent...to see what they have inherited. I love it when they are left with nothing but bills to pay !?! Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: Shuler Michael <grinch42@mindspring.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > I can go one better on that one, Jan. When my Dad died, a year & a half >after my mother, I was living in NE Wisconsin, 80 miles north of Milwaukee. >He died on Thanksgiving day. We had suffered a blizzard the night before, >but he lived in TX as did my surviving brother & one of my sisters...the >other one lived in FL. Airline traffic would have been almost impossible, >anyway, without the blizzard, and I MIGHT have been able to get to >Milwaukee for a flight out on Monday following, but the other 3 insisted on >having the funeral & burial on Sunday. I couldn't get there. > When it came time to probate the will (about the only thing of value was >the house), since I couldn't get to the funeral my brother & my FL sister >wanted to cut me out of the estate! My youngest sister (who is very >soft-spoken, nice, etc.), proceeded to tell the other two that she would >sooner "torch the da*% house" than see me cut out! Needless to say, I got >my share. A few years later (after the brother & sister were deceased) my >youngest sister told me that my Dad had died intestate, but my brother >swore an affadavit that he had a copy of the will & would probate it >himself. > >Mike >IBSSG > > >> [Original Message] >> From: jcurtis <jcurtis@redrock.net> >> To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: 4/23/2002 9:47:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills >> >> You should have seen how my dad & his brothers & sisters argued the day >> after the funeral of my gr.dad! >> >> Gr. dad was a mail delivery man in NM, and not wealthy, but they argued >like >> they were 10-12 years old, and they were all in their 60's !?! They >> eventually *drew cards* for every item in the house. My uncle in Oregon, >> drove to NM with his horse trailer, and had it almost loaded with stuff >> before we, and the others, got there. >> >> It was the most pathetic thing I've ever witnessed, and their behavior put >> such a bad taste in my mouth, that I rarely talked to any of them >> again...even typing about it makes me squeegy. My Dad was the worst of >the >> lot. He had a lot of money, and yet he bickered, cussed, called them all >> names, and argued over every dish that came out of the cupboard. >> >> Any respect I had for him vanished the week we were there...I never felt >the >> same about him afterward. I was ashamed of them all, and I was stunned >by >> the g r e e d! >> >> Jan C. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> >> To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills >> >> >> > >> >I haven't, myself. My parents have both handled their parents estates, at >> >least in part, no problems. But, I have seen the greedy heirs in some >other >> >people's families. Pretty awesome how they fight over other people's >money, >> >as if their parents worked their whole life just to leave it to them. lol >> > >> >Jan G. >> > >> > >> ><<Don't know if you've been involved in a >> >probate, but they can be messy. >> > >> >Jan C.>> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >> >http://www.hotmail.com >> > >> > >> >==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== >> >--- >> >The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by >> each individual submitter. >> > >> >http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/resources.html >> >search the Rootsweb, UsGenWeb and The Social Security Death Index and >More. >> > >> >============================== >> >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> go to: >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> >> >> ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== >> --- >> The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by >each individual submitter. >> >> The Blacksheep Message boards are at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.bla c >ksheep >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >--- Shuler Michael >--- grinch42@mindspring.com >--- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. 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