I figured this was a great place for getting some feed back from some folks that might have some knowledge of this.
Background: Hopefully not too hard to follow
Family Tree of Smith Family:
Mr. Smith (deceased) and Mrs Smith (deceased)
3 Children
Son 1
Married
2 Daughters
Son 2
Married
2 daughters
Daughter (recently deceased)
Childless
Son 2 has a crazy(not her fault) mean-spirited (her choice) wife. This woman lives in a huge beautiful house that no one except her husband and 2 children have ever been in that I am aware of even though all the family live within walking distance. To give an example of the mentality of the woman: The last week of her mothers life, her and her brother had to be forcibly removed from her hospital as they were having screaming match in her hospital room over some property division
that she had obviously not spelled out clearly enough.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith equally and fairly divided up their money, acreage and several house amongst their 3 children before their deaths.
The Daughter received 3 houses and a acreage. She let one of the daughters of Son 1 live in one of the houses for 1 year while her house was being built. This angered Son 2's wife and daughters to no end and to say that there was a blow up on her/their part is an gross understatement.
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Smith being childless had it in her will that the money/acreage and 3 houses would be equally owned by her four nieces (the granddaughters). The will was written several years ago before the blow up. Here of course is where the problems arise. The money can be divided up of course but Son 2's wife has already stated that she will refuse to let her daughters pay their portion of the property taxes (many thousands of dollars a year) and insurance on said property and that she will let the government come and get it before she lets them pay one cent. The daughters of this woman will oblige whatever she says.
Obviously, the right thing to do would be to sell the property and split the proceeds but they will not agree with this either.
Any advice?
Background: Hopefully not too hard to follow
Family Tree of Smith Family:
Mr. Smith (deceased) and Mrs Smith (deceased)
3 Children
Son 1
Married
2 Daughters
Son 2
Married
2 daughters
Daughter (recently deceased)
Childless
Son 2 has a crazy(not her fault) mean-spirited (her choice) wife. This woman lives in a huge beautiful house that no one except her husband and 2 children have ever been in that I am aware of even though all the family live within walking distance. To give an example of the mentality of the woman: The last week of her mothers life, her and her brother had to be forcibly removed from her hospital as they were having screaming match in her hospital room over some property division
Mr. and Mrs. Smith equally and fairly divided up their money, acreage and several house amongst their 3 children before their deaths.
The Daughter received 3 houses and a acreage. She let one of the daughters of Son 1 live in one of the houses for 1 year while her house was being built. This angered Son 2's wife and daughters to no end and to say that there was a blow up on her/their part is an gross understatement.
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Smith being childless had it in her will that the money/acreage and 3 houses would be equally owned by her four nieces (the granddaughters). The will was written several years ago before the blow up. Here of course is where the problems arise. The money can be divided up of course but Son 2's wife has already stated that she will refuse to let her daughters pay their portion of the property taxes (many thousands of dollars a year) and insurance on said property and that she will let the government come and get it before she lets them pay one cent. The daughters of this woman will oblige whatever she says.
Obviously, the right thing to do would be to sell the property and split the proceeds but they will not agree with this either.
Any advice?