Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in West Virginia

Is My Uncle Doing The Right Thing?
Please help. My mother passed away in September, the day after my grandmother passed away, in my grandmothers will she states that if my mother cannot share in her Estate then her share goes to her children, my brother and I. My mothers brother is the ''man in charge'' the problem is his name was on my grandmothers accounts, cd's, stocks, bonds, treasury notes, and her two cars, as a convenience. Her name was also on them. We know the house and everything inside goes into the estate to be split evenly, but what about everything else? Should he not be slitting it ALL? We are fighting in the name of my mother because she did not trust her brother, and if she was here she would be getting the shaft. Is there anything we can do? or does he get it all because his name was on everything but the house? There is probably 2-4 hundred thousand in the stocks, cd's, bonds, accounts and treasury notes, not to mention life insurance. Please help!

Asked on 11/13/03, 5:05 am

G. Joseph Holthaus III Law Offices of G. Joseph Holthaus

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Re: Is My Uncle Doing The Right Thing?

It is impossible to say whether he is doing things legally without seeing the will.

I understand your assertion that your grandmother's bequethal passes through your mother and to her

child's (your mother) children (her grandchildren). However, the specific langauge of the will in question

has much to bear upon this matter. Contact me should you like to discuss. (410) 799-9002

Answered on 11/13/03, 9:17 am

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