This is my quandry.

[caseysmom]

Someone should have made sure you knew. Tell your lawyer to fix it or you will report him to the state bar.

Family stuff like that sucks I went through it when my mom died too.

Your mom is gonna have some fun scaring the crud out of someone...

[lizbud]

Oh man, Richard. Did your lawyer represent you at all during the court
case? It probably hurt your chances a lot by not appearing (I'm not a lawyer
so I really don't know for sure) but still. I would have a face to face with the
attorney and ask for his help (big time) with this. Prayers that you & Ed can
get this worked out so you don't lose your home.

[Freedom]

1. Call your lawyer - the one who sent the email - and ask what the H*LL is happening?

2. DO WHAT KAREN SUGGESTED

[RICHARD]

I have to see the lawyer tomorrow.

So I will get some ??? answered.

He was just told there was a hearing on the 20th - but he was never given anything to at least let him know what happened afterwards, he was as much in the dark as we are.

I think -and will find out tomorrow- why he never got any paperword re the sale.

That leads me to believe that something is desperately wrong here.

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The best part about this is the weight you can lose while worrying. I kid, I kid.

thanks for the advice and thoughts.

[Laura's Babies]

Could you come up with the $$$ to buy out your part for your house? I would see where I could make a offer to do that and do it if it is allowed...

[Bonny]

We applied for a federal ID number besides & like Caseysmom said I had to account for every penny with a special estate checking account that was set up at a local bank.

[caseysmom]

I just corrected my post I said I was the executioner..lol I meant executor...

[caseysmom]

I went through the same thing when my mom died Richard I wanted to keep the house and everybody else wanted the money.

[RICHARD]

I just corrected my post I said I was the executioner..lol I meant executor...

I saw that and kinda glossed over it.

Actually?

I was keeping it in mind.

[CatsMeow]

Oh Richard! My thoughts and prayers fall onto you.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Aw, Richard lots and lots of prayers are on the way from me. This makes me sort of glad my stepmom took everything dad had before he died.

[RICHARD]

We have decided to sell the house.

The financial turnover was just too great for us to bear.

IT would not have been fair to me or my sibs to make an offer, had we had the familial numbers-we were looking at a three to three tie with the sibs- or had my brother and sister been more patient with what happened we would have been in better shape...

My proposal was to sell the rental, pay mom's bills split a little money and put the house in everyone's name. Had that happened anyone could have borrowed against their piece of the house if they needed cash.

With a signed note of course.

But, my sister and brother had to start freaking out after my mom died. I had not even the time to get my head out of my rear when they began to whine about MONEY AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH MOM'S BILLS.

I didn't even have a minute to mourn when the poop started.

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All in all? I was never tight with a few members of my family and I know that if they had put all THEIR pettiness aside we would have been a strong group of people that could have taken on the world.


I don't mourn that-I feel badly at how my sibs looked in the face of adversity.

If I was stuck in a foxhole with the other three?

I'd stab myself in the cochlea with my bayonet.

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Ugh, I am getting an upset stomach and kinda sad....the open house is in 6 hours....

[Cataholic]

The lawyer did nothing wrong, to report him/her would be mean spirited.

The probate court didn't do anything, the executor of the estate (or the administrator) hired an auction company to sell the property for one of two reasons. First, the debts on the estate (which include legal bills) are due and owing and there wasn't sufficient cash to pay them off. Second, the fighting factions couldn't agree on what to do with the real estate, so there was a court ordered sale, which was put in place by one side's attorney. The attorney would have petitioned the court to partition the property.

Anyone can buy the property, including Richard and his siblings, or a third party. To get to this stage of the proceedings, where there is a auction, one would have overlooked more than one piece of mail.

The debts of the estate 'deserve' to be paid from the assets of the estate, whether that be cash, bonds, insurance proceeds or the sale of any asset. It is just the way it is.

Richard, call the attorney that represents the executor/administrator. As one of the beneficiaries of the estate, he/she will talk to you. Was the a will? If so, how was the property left? To all of you? If no will, then it follows the laws of the state of Cali, according to the statue of descent and distribution. Usually it would be an even split among then living children (if the parents are both gone).

You don't have much time, but you do have some options.

[Medusa]

Well, it's good to know that you do have some options, Richard. I can't offer anything other than prayers and they're going up right now. Keep the faythe, buddy.

[Bonny]

Good Thoughts & Prayers sent your way Richard. I was an executor of my moms estate & we had a estate/ probate lawyer. He made sure my sister was informed on paper through the whole process with his signature & mine on it. The only thing I can think of there should of been some kind of notice by mail on paper that would make it offical to let you know what was & is going on? There has to be some kind of a paper trail to back track.