Rant
I apologize in advance but I need to rant.
I was tasked with executing the wills of my sister, Peggy, and a few years later that of my brother, Michael.
My complaint is with the legal system: I immediately consulted with an attorney in both cases. Despite that, it took over two years to settle my sister's estate. And sometimes I panic at the thought of some new complication arising that will necessitate a whole raft of new legal machinations. Do I still have all the paperwork: the will, the birth and death certificates, the probate letters, etc. etc.?
The problem with my brother's is that two days before he died, he said he wanted his mineral interests to go to our cousin, Rod. In the written will it goes to me. I have been trying for almost a year to get the lawyer that represents those mineral interests to believe that I do not want 50% of the interests, I do not want 40%, I do not want 30 or 20 or 10 or even .01% of the interests. And still I can't get them to draw up a deed for my cousin. It's insane. I get a bunch of nonsensical legalese instead.
Problem number two is that 6 months after a judge probated the will, I get a letter from the judge saying that the court demands an inventory--this after all the property has been disbursed to the heirs exactly as the will indicates! (except, of course, the mineral interests). I have to do it in 60 days or, I assume, I will be drawn and quartered in the public square.
All of this, I suspect, is simply a maneuver to make lawyers richer and the rest of us pulling our hair out. (And I don't have that much left to pull!)
I was tasked with executing the wills of my sister, Peggy, and a few years later that of my brother, Michael.
My complaint is with the legal system: I immediately consulted with an attorney in both cases. Despite that, it took over two years to settle my sister's estate. And sometimes I panic at the thought of some new complication arising that will necessitate a whole raft of new legal machinations. Do I still have all the paperwork: the will, the birth and death certificates, the probate letters, etc. etc.?
The problem with my brother's is that two days before he died, he said he wanted his mineral interests to go to our cousin, Rod. In the written will it goes to me. I have been trying for almost a year to get the lawyer that represents those mineral interests to believe that I do not want 50% of the interests, I do not want 40%, I do not want 30 or 20 or 10 or even .01% of the interests. And still I can't get them to draw up a deed for my cousin. It's insane. I get a bunch of nonsensical legalese instead.
Problem number two is that 6 months after a judge probated the will, I get a letter from the judge saying that the court demands an inventory--this after all the property has been disbursed to the heirs exactly as the will indicates! (except, of course, the mineral interests). I have to do it in 60 days or, I assume, I will be drawn and quartered in the public square.
All of this, I suspect, is simply a maneuver to make lawyers richer and the rest of us pulling our hair out. (And I don't have that much left to pull!)
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