actually
dead clients are miles easier to deal with as a rule, they tend to have nice, non-emotive professionals dealing with their estates.

/trufax
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:41, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

sounds like a cheerful job

( zulu eh?, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:46, Reply)

usually come with money grabbing relatives though
When I worked in probate it was really shocking to see the amount of people trying to dupe their elderly parents out of money, you think that kind of thing only happens in soaps.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:46, Reply)

this is sad but true
i don't get that in the city, but when i worked out in uxbridge it happened all the time. we had one family who were just the biggest nest of vipers and vultures you've ever seen, one of the sons even took his father's wallet whilst they were waiting for the ambulance to take away the body.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:48, Reply)

*flabbergasted*
My utter loathing of the human race seems more and more justified every fucking day.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:54, Reply)

Maybe there was some coke in the wallet.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Oh. Fair enough then.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:57, Reply)

that was a superfluous full stop, a comma would have been more appropriate

(The Cat Hater punch a cow for the planet, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Once again, you are incorrect.
The full stop was used as deliberate device. You really should give this up, you oaf.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:10, Reply)

full stops aren't a device, they're punctuation

(The Cat Hater punch a cow for the planet, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:11, Reply)

But in this case he was using it to denote a pause for comedy effect
so it was a device to show you how to read it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:39, Reply)

this lot were particularly vile
we were acting for 1 brother suing the other 2 plus sister. my client was quite normal, the others lived together in a caravan attached to a 1 bed cottage. with no indoor bathroom. urgh. and amongst all the family paperwork were heartbreaking things from the recently deceased 90 year old parents about how dreadfully their children behaved, like cutting off their electricity and posting waterlogged rat corpses through the door. it was one of my more colourful files!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:57, Reply)

that is horrible
my ex worked in a hospital and said she saw kids not allow their parents back top their own houses so they could sell them off etc.

heart breaking really
( zulu eh?, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:06, Reply)

we had a guy come into the office with his very elderly mother who was becoming a bit forgetful
and he wanted to change the will which had previously left the house to his sister because she was living there whilst she spent every day looking after the mum. He told the solicitor that his mum wanted to change the will to cut the sister out entirely and leave everything to him. Luckily, the solicitor involved made the guy wait outside whilst she took uncoerced instructions and the mum didn't seem to know what was going on so the solicitor refused to amend the will, but he probably found a way around it. Cunt.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:09, Reply)

some people are beyond belief or can really surprise you
as battered and kitty etc show below.

also you should never underestimate how bitter people can get following a break-up when it comes to property.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:11, Reply)

When my grandmother died I was the executor (of her estate, not for her death)
simple estate so I did it myself. My sister moaned that I had taken the costs of the funeral out of the estate before dividing the money between us!
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:59, Reply)

So your sister expected you to pay for the funeral?

( girlinthehole, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:06, Reply)

Yep. I think this was so the fat cunt would have more money to spend on pies & doughnuts

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:09, Reply)

It's awful the way people become so consumed with money
My mum asked us which of her diamond rings we wanted her to leave in her will and I chose the little eternity ring and the engraved wedding ring because they were the prettiest and they meant the eternity ring meant the most. My sister chose the other two because they had the biggest diamonds on them. When my mum sold one of the diamonds a few years ago my sister suggested the will be rearranged to make it 'fair' again.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:07, Reply)

That's awful. I gave my sister all of the jewellery & still split the cash equally regardless.
Then again, I didn't have much use for a 96 year old's ring. Badum tish.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:10, Reply)

*giggles*

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:23, Reply)

Disgusting.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:11, Reply)

she's got her own massive diamond now
she went on about the clarity for quite a while, just to make sure I knew it was really good.

I only want a really little diamond, I think the big ones are ugly, but I know she's going to think it's because Wiggy can't afford a bigger one and will be smug about it. Grrr.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:37, Reply)

ok that is shocking
I did a bit of a jaw drop then.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Just to look at this subject from the side of those leaving the money for a moment.
I have something of a dilemma. Our family group consists of myself and my partner. Daughter 1 who is from my partner's previous relationship and daughter 2 who is both of ours.
The dilemma is with our wills. Daughter 1's Dad earns more than my partner & me combined,but at this point has little in the way of assets. He has no other children. SHould we split whatever we have equally between the two girls so that they feel like they have been treat equally by us. Or should we make some "offset" in favour of daughter 2 so that they have an overall equality from their three parents?
(Cave Duck, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Equal.
Never take for granted what your step-daughter's father will do with his will.
( girlinthehole, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:33, Reply)

I agree with BGB
take him out of the equation, he could lose everything tomorrow, you never know. Plus he might be a douche and leave everything to his cats or something.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Kill his cats.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:44, Reply)

But he lives 100 miles away, it's a long way to go just to kill his cats.
Especially as he doesn't have any cats.
(Cave Duck, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:49, Reply)

how sneaky of him!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:52, Reply)

The devious fucker.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:55, Reply)

Thanks to you both.
To be fair, step-daughter's dad has always been fairly financially generous with regard to her. I'm increasingly thinking that the will should be split 50/50, more for the emotional legacy than anything else. However, I may speak to both my step-daughter and her dad and explain that when my dear old mum eventually pops off that some of that money will be set aside for daughter 2.
(Cave Duck, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 11:09, Reply)