The Sibling Fight
A blog by Charles B. Ticker on various estate stories
Large gifts from parent to one child can lead to sibling fights
Emiel Van De Keere had five children, Joseph, Robert , Gene, Irene and Diane. He died on January 18, 2008 with an estate valued at approximately $ 32,000. He left a will leaving his estate to his five children equally. Between 2003 and 2007, the...
Happy Family Day Weekend
I've been away from the office for a couple of days co-chairing a conference for Osgoode Hall Law School's Professional Development program on "Advising the Elderly Client" so I don't have time to write a long blog today. The conference was really...
Money does not buy happiness
I came across a story out of New South Wales, Australia about Gina Rinehart- (who?) – well, apparently she is soon to become the world’s richest woman worth almost $ 20 Billion! Ms. Rinehart, who just turned 58, inherited her wealth from her late...
Woman sentenced in sibling estate dispute
I came across a sad but interesting story recently. It was about an estate fight between siblings that turned into a criminal case and resulted in one of the siblings,the estate administrator,and her husband going to jail. Shirley Leathers died of...
Counting the costs of sibling rivalry
According to a recent study done in Australia , cases involving siblings were the fiercest of will disputes. After fights between siblings, disputes between children of the first marriage and a stepmother ranked as the most costly. As a lawyer, who...
How To Avoid Sibling Fights Over Parent Care
As Baby Boomers' parents age and become ill and frail, the potential for conflicts between siblings over decisions to be made concerning a parent’s care greatly increases. Once a parent needs care due to physical or mental incapacity, there are...
I am very excited to introduce my new blog: The Sibling Fight.
The blog is dedicated to estate disputes involving siblings. In my 31 years experience as a civil litigation lawyer and in more recent years focusing on estate disputes- I’m amazed at how often childhood fights or experiences come up in estate...