Legal Question in Personal Injury in Iowa
My father died 7 months ago and his wife did not notify me or my siblings or any of my fathers family. She sent a box of pictures to each of us from the time we were born till just before he died. There was no note saying he died or anything. My ex-wife had to pay for a website to tell her that my father had in fact died. We live an hour away from where he lived. There was no publications of his death. When speaking to the funeral home after requesting a death certificate the director showed us that she did not want it public or sent to any media. He gave us an announcement that was given at his funeral that did not list myself or my sister as his children. However it listed her children and their children. None of his family had been notified. We have been denied our right to grieve the loss of our father, our children have been denied the right to grieve the loss of their grand father. In the last 7 months I have called and left messages on the answering machine talking to my dad about how things were going. She eventually had the number disconnected. In November I took my children to see him and Nobody answered the door. He was already gone and we had no Idea. What can we do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Sounds a lot like my stepmother. As far as what you can do, the only way you can be compensated is through money. So the real question is whether you can put a dollar value on your loss. I think what you should be looking at is whether there is a claim on the estate you were defrauded out of.
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