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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP.  I agree with everyone else that you’re out of line.  However, have you ever considered that they took the money and ran - perhaps there was no graveside service or anything else.  It’s possible they got money from you and it went right into their own pockets.  But that’s on you - you didn’t need to write them a check when they planned their own event that you could/would not attend.[/quote]

Good for them if they did.  Dad didn't want a service and OP didn't care.  OP should have arranged it, attended and paid for it directly.[/quote]

OP mentioned that this was a father who raised somebody else’s kids for most of her life. She was not estranged from him. She mentioned they visited each other and she helped him from a distance. She did not keep his grandkids from him. She mentioned sending him tickets so he could visit them.

There have been stories, in famous families, of people having to go to court to make decisions, for an elderly parent, because they were not being included in important decisions. There might not have been time to do something like this. She could have gone to probate court afterwards to make sure everything was handled properly if there was no will. Instead, it sounds like she told them they could have everything, including anything of value, that they might find. Even seniors, on a limited income, may turn out to have something of value that they had forgotten about or did not know was valuable. She only asked for family photos and yet most people here think that was an unreasonable request. [/quote]

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