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 world�s 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.blac 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.