Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Florida
estate law
My mother died in 2002, my sister, unknown to me had manipulated my mother to putting her name on everything, so we wouldn't have to pay taxes on it. she had stock, money markets and cd's plus a house in Syracuse and a condo in Clearwater, and two cars. She died in Fla. Because she had my sister's name on everything before death with hers, expecting fully that she would share it with me, I was informed there was nothing to divide except the condo was titled so that i would get 1/2 of my mothers half, a a few thousand dollars stocks were claimed. My sister sent me about 1/4 of the proceeds from the estate and refuses to come up with the 1/2 that should be mine. I got a lawyer and a few ''She said, she said'' letters were exchanged, but the lawyer basically said it would cost more than I'd get to persue it further. The condo has not been settled, and I never received any of the stocks mentioned in the probate my sister filed. Is it true it's a lost cause?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: estate law
You are confusing what you expected to get with what is legally yours. It sounds like your mother made her wishes known,--not sure that manipulation had anything to do with it.
If there really isn't that much to fight over, why bother?!
I mean this kindly, but death is traumatic enough without the people left fighting over something as small as a few thousand dollars. If your attorney stated outright that it wasn't worth pursuing, she's probably right.
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