by Charles Ticker | Apr 27, 2012 | dividing estate, dividing family heirlooms, estate law, estate litigation
Some of the biggest sibling estate fights take place over the small stuff like the china and furniture or art. A lot of parents put a provision in their will that they want to divide the stuff equally among the children. What a mess that creates! What does equal mean?...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 20, 2012 | estate law, estate litigation, removing executor
In my practice, a common theme of sibling estate disputes involves a sibling who is the executor and other siblings who are beneficiaries. In these disputes, the ill feeling between the siblings is longstanding and is only exacerbated when the parent dies. A recent...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 5, 2012 | estate law, estate litigation
Many of the sibling estate fights that I come across involve siblings fighting over a parent’s estate. The recent case of Re Fawson Estate is a bit of a twist in that involved siblings fighting over a sibling’s estate. Margaret Fawson had three brothers. She made a...
