Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
My relative, who has the same father as I, died recently, but I live in another state. His will purports to give away intellectual property that he knew was half mine, but - to make a long story short, a group of people, of which he was one lied, cheated and not so obviously but nonetheless, clearly did threaten, people to keep it, to steal it, to keep it that way.
A self-professed executor, a former DJ, looms large in this dispute. He is no longer a broadcaster, except virtually, but he still has taken care to maintain the unique position of power he had while broadcasting over radio, which few people fully understand. He's made it very difficult for me to gather evidence, basically, people keep hanging up on me. I've come to the realization that he views my share as his, and in fact, his strategy depends on killing me, in a sense, because that is just one of a number of frauds, their plan being to traps me in a situation in which I won't win unless I figure out a way to bypass him and the fear people have of him. A clock has been ticking, and people have been dying.
He's been saying he was executor for years but the "legitimization" of it, depends on his hiding those set of facts that we both know are true. But, people have already told me things. I need to get them in court, and under oath.
"Slayer" laws acknowledge the fact that people often kill others to take their belongings, and get away with it. (Most murderers are never caught)
In 21st century America, its clear that the bad guys are winning. We seem to have forgotten fundamental things that make systems work. Nobody powerful cares, they are all in on the take.
Somebody who "legally" or not slays another should not be allowed to take their wealth through "inheritance". Executors, real or fake, should be held to a higher standard. Most especially, schemes designed to steal should not be allowed in any way to be legitimized by courts.
The California court proceeding is based on too many lies to have authority to do anything in regard to things my relative NO LONGER OWNS, right?
Can a fake executor be allowed to become a real one? Or can they be stopped? When its obvious he is doing that to evade or maybe even be absolved by the law? Shouldn't someone who can prove he's been so stolen from be able to show that the other side, by their behavior, THEY SHOW that I am right? Its a circular situation, if I appear in their proceeding, I run a risk that I will not be able to get standing without discovery. Unless I can establish a presumption based on the facts I can easily prove, I may need that formal discovery power. When this thing began I immediately got very sick and when Ive gotten better its been when I have been able to disentangle myself from it and all of them. It wasn't sexual abuse, it was psychological and financial abuse.
It all adds up, so I am sick and because of that now I am basically too poor to play their game.
What the hell can I do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Any attorney would have to look at the documents themselves in order to give you more than a cursory answer. Any document can be challenged in court and you should do so , pro per if necessary. Litigation is, as you suggest, expensive, but you should at least pay to have some probate specialist look at what you are talking about, and then decide your course of action from there. If it is a drop dead winner of a case you may find someone to take it on a contingency. But come to the appointment with specific facts and paperwork to back them up.
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