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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your brother will not be taking care of your parents; he can't take care of himself.

Had a similar situation in my family.  Brother was supported, bailed out and coddled his entire life.  Got some money when dad passed - he had blown it within six months.

When mom died, he was living in her house.  Other siblings sold our shares of the house to him at well below market value.  Within less than two years, he was foreclosed on and lost it.

Parents are long gone and there is no more money.  He is now in his 60s.  Lived in his car for almost six months until he could get social security.  He is still being supplemented by us because his social security is not enough to live on.

Your brother will probably wind up the same way.  Won't be able to keep up house and will lose it.  Won't have decent social security since he doesn't work.

Who do your parents think is going to look out for him when they're gone?  If they think it's going to be you, and yet they want to leave him the largest assets, then you need to have a discussion.

If you don't want to be responsible for him for the rest of your life, say so now.   Have your parents set up a trust so that housing costs (taxes, insurance, upkeep) will be paid for out of whatever cash they planned to give him.  Let an attorney administer it, so you don't have to deal with him. [/quote]

I'm pretty sure that this is how things have panned out for a long ago ex boyfriend of mine.  You are nice to supplement him, I sure as hell wouldn't.[/quote]

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