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December 13, 2005, 11:56 am PST

Family and inheritance.....

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My mother, sister and I were always close esp. after my parents divorce.  We lived together until I got married.  Two years ago my mother could not afford to stay in the house she and my sister lived in, so she sold it and moved.  Prior to this move my sister and I had been equals in my mothers will to receive her only asset, the house.  When she moved she put the new house in her and my sister's name.    For nearly two years they denied it was intentional and said it was a "mistake" that they'd fix.  I asked several times about it, and finally one day the truth came out.  They weren't going to change it.  I've done nothing to deserve this.  Because I've been given no reason for this action, I have a strong feeling of abandonment.  My mother has had several strokes and I truly believe she isn't capable of the decison she made.  She parrots things that my sister has said about me "already owning a house" (my husband and I have a mortgaged house).  I feel this is a jealous and vendictive thing my sister talked my mother into.  My sister was horrible to me during my engagement.  When the house sold my sister also put the remaining cash from the sale into her own savings "because our mother did not have a savings account". (???).  I can not get past this because my mother says one thing to me when she's alone and something different in front of my sister.  When she's with me alone she cries and tells me my sister will not let her change the deed on the house.  I can't get over this because I don't know who is lying.  I am now estranged from them because dealing with this has a strain on my marriage.  I can't sleep and have nightmares, and can not get past this.  Suggestions?  Help! 

This must be very difficult for you, I can understand that. Your feelings of being betrayed and/or abandoned are valid. It seems like, since this has been going on for more then two years, it is likely your mother did make this decision on her own. Yes, she was probably talked into it by your sister... your sister probably rationalized this to your mom with this kind of thinking: you have a home, and if your mom passes, why is it fair that you have one and a half homes when your sister has a half of a home? Your mom probably thought this made sense at the time, she doesn't want to think of her other daughter as homeless, or having to pay you rent. Its very unfair that your mom didn't talk to you about this, though. My advice for you is to seek therepy for yourself to talk about all of these issues, because somewhere along the way, the 'closeness' between your sister and you turned into jealousy on her part. I doubt there is anything that you could do legaly to gain any inheritance since your mother made these decisions years ago. I'm curious to know why your mother is so totally dependant upon your sister for everything? Such as, why didn't she have her own bank account, etc.?  

Its understandable that you are hurt and estranged at this point. But, life is so short! When something happens to your mom, you will be very sad for losing all of this time. 

 


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