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Betty 3 is right My father died while my mother was still alive. There is a family trust worth about $5M. I never received a penny but a few months after my father passed, my normally frugal older brother did a top-to-bottom home remodel worth at least $100K, bought a $50K car, and went on a...

Impenetrable? My 90 year old mother passed and left a trust worth about $5M. My older brother became the trustee and he tells me that I am not a beneficiary and will get nothing. He has a lifelong history of screwing me over every chance he got and I don't believe him. Is there any way to compel...

Is California one of those states?

My father died about 2 years ago. He left no will but my parents had a family trust that my mother, who is still alive, took over. 6 months after the funeral, my brother, who is normally quite tight-fisted and crying poverty, completely remodeled his 3000 sq ft home (easily over $100K), bought a...

My 30 year old son has had 2 DUI's and has had his license suspended for 2 years. He has fulfilled all his court obligations and has been clean for about a year. When he gets his license back, he wants us to give him (or sell real cheap) our old family car so he can look for a job. Since we know...

Of course I meant it that way. Pardon my bad syntax. Does HE have a case?

My son is a grad student at a state college. After 2 semesters, he had to suddenly take a leave for 2 semesters due to illness. They let him back in and now, after 2 more semesters, he is still unable to find any professor in his dept to take him in. They have taken in students more recently...

You don't know my family history but since this is a legal and not a relationships forum, I'll put it this way. My brother and I are around 60 and since we were toddlers, he made a life mission to screw me over at every opportunity. When my father died, my wife and I helped my mother get her...

My father died about a year ago, leaving a trust to my mother. They were very well off. For decades my father always taunted me not to expect an inheritance because he intended to spend it all before he left and believe me, he tried. Still, it seems there were a few million left over for my...