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[quote=Anonymous]My grandfather passed away 10 years ago, and all of his assets were divided among his two children - my father, and his sister (my aunt). Sadly, my aunt then passed away 5 years ago and everything my aunt received from the will/estate was then given to my cousins (her children) by my uncle (their father). Fast forward to a year ago, when my dad was contacted because there was some stock account in my grandfather's name that was never liquidated and the proceeds of $50,000 were then given to my dad. The stipulation on the account was that in the case of death, the money would go to the account holder's children. Since my aunt died, my dad received it all.

I guess my uncle received a letter about it in addition to my dad, but was not able to claim any of the money since my aunt had passed away. So instead my uncle went to my dad and asked him to give him half of the money to give to my cousins as it was their share. My dad said no, that the money was only supposed to go to the living children so it is his, and he doesn't need to give them anything. The main reason my dad doesn't want to give them the money is because he felt like my grandparents always have my aunt money and never him, so my dad had to work hard to be successful and my aunt never even had to work. For example my grandparents bought my aunt and uncle their first house, yet not my mom and dad simply because my dad was a hard worker. So he feels like he is owed this money.

This has essentially created world war 3 in my family, which is sad because we really don't have any other relatives and I hate to see this be the end of what was a close family relationship - especially with the holidays coming up.

Would love to know who's side everyone is on. I am truly torn as I see both sides.[/quote]

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