My ex husband and that I lived with 16 1/2 years before his death to raise our daughters named me as his Executor and be beneficiary. The day before he passed our oldest daughter told me I would never get back into her f******g house ever again after he told her to go home and get his keys and wallet and give them to your mom Attorneys told me the written Will was not good because I wrote it. All 4 of us signed it. My oldest daughter and her boyfriend (he had been forbidden on the property) ran down the home, burned a lot of our belongings, sold a little of our things then took the rest when they left the family home. They both had warrants for ani.al cruelty because the left dogs in the house during summer with no open windows food or water. They turned alloys cats loose and the dogs left to me my daughter refusedto give them to me. She beat me up bad the day after he died trying to take the Will from me. She recently had our first grandchild and she messaged. E that I would never meet my grandson. What is crazy about this story is the fact we were all very close before he passed away. This was all greed. I have not been able to get any legal help and they took allot of my personal things with them. When we moved to Tennessee from Flirida he bought the house and I furnished the house. He States that in the Will. Do I have any rights at all. We were together a total of 38 years living together his last 16 1/2 years. In the will it even stated I was to stay in he house and the girls had to wait 3 years. The reason for that was because of the oldest daughter and the troubles we had. I was homeless for almost 3 weeks.ifit wasnt for Jacks restaurant my dog and i would have starved. We worked very hard in florida to be able to do what we have but in an instant they just took everything including all my thingsand my furniture. His estate was valued at $400,000. I have added up all that was mine plus what he left for me and it totals $100,000. Please can someone help me.
Since there is so much acrimony among the heirs the judge will probably take it out of your hands and appoint a public administrator. A public administrator "steps into your shoes" and makes lawful determinations about how the assets are divided.
I am so sorry that you are going through this financial mess and relationship mess, and I wish you the best outcome possible.
If you were married at the time of his death and there was no other will, then you and your daughters would each inherit one-third of his estate. However, if you were divorced (you refer to him as your ex), your daughters will each inherit half and you do not inherit anything.
Who is living in the house now? Is the house in his name only?
You could go to the police and ask to charge your daughter and her boyfriend with theft, arson, and assault.
If you were not married, then you cannot inherit without a propper Will. And you have been told, by a lawyer, the Will is invalid. You really have no leg to stand on. His children can go to Probate and start the process. When all is said and done, they can inherit Dads estate. You gave up all rights when you divorced him.
You can't get a lawyer to help you because you don't have a case worth their time. It takes money to sue. If your husband was collecting Social Security, you could probably get survivor benefits if married over 10 years.
This thing about your writing the will is of great concern; it well may not hold up in court. But we as a Forum of utter strangers could not make any judgment on all of that.
You have your local police, sheriff. You have APS. You have attorneys in your area. This is where you need to start looking for help.
I am sorry for all the mess and travail, and I wish you the best.
If you were actually married to him for at least 10 years you can apply to receive his SS income but you will need both the marriage and divorce documents as proof.
As for the holistic Will, I know first hand that the whole thing must be in his own writing to be considered, signatures can be coerced (or faked)