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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I don’t want to be cold, but my father is angry with his brother and will die in maybe five years at the most having damaged how the family sees him. My uncle will also die soon, but my cousins will live forty or fifty more years. That’s a very long time for my siblings and I to be estranged from family. It will impact our children as well. I can’t accept this money and I cringe to think that our father will brag about how he dragged his brother through court for us.[/quote]

This is weird. OP what culture are you from? In American culture, the kids would not be involved or would support your dad who is on the right side of the law. I can't imagine any of our relatives threatening to estrange themselves because the other side was pursuing their legal right. Its even more bizarre that you are so intent in favoring the side that is on the wrong side of the law.

It seems like there is more to this. Is your side of the family very wealthy and the other side poorer? Are you from a very materialistic culture where its important to be perceived as wealthy and successful? Do you view your father pursuing his legal right as signaling that you not as wealthy as you want to be perceived. [/quote]

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