tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post8587543430900589586..comments2024-03-28T12:41:21.857-07:00Comments on Estate Law Canada: Inheritance and real estate: What to do when our grown kids fight over our moneyLynne Butler, BA LLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-57462909770903550582013-09-26T09:03:20.213-07:002013-09-26T09:03:20.213-07:00I agree, Stacey. The problem is that parents simpl...I agree, Stacey. The problem is that parents simply won't acknowledge that their kids are just like everyone else's. Nobody wants to admit that their children could behave badly towards each other. I'm a parent and I get that we all think our kids are great, but it's just foolish to think anyone's kids are above greedy or malicious behaviour simply because we want them to be.<Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-78393907595723176942013-09-26T09:00:47.076-07:002013-09-26T09:00:47.076-07:00Thanks Katherine, for letting us know about your b...Thanks Katherine, for letting us know about your book. I agree that it's a mistake to assume that siblings will be honest or fair. Some are, of course, but in terms of planning, it's best to plan for the worst, while still hoping for the best.<br /><br />LynneLynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-79077980092968724242013-09-24T14:24:34.675-07:002013-09-24T14:24:34.675-07:00I wish the media would start a dialogue on this su...I wish the media would start a dialogue on this subject, as it is a ever growing epidemic in this country. This is a “Brave New World” as the "Baby Boomer" generation is just entering the inheritance arena, which is a trillion dollar passage of wealth from one generation to another. Mix that with a bad economy, and the situation is ripe for disaster. It is a dog-eat-dog, “Social<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445443013093638974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-12568609869986734632013-08-26T23:21:28.224-07:002013-08-26T23:21:28.224-07:00Every parent should ask himself or herself whether...Every parent should ask himself or herself whether they'd intervene if their children were fighting over something controlled by the parent. Planning ahead really can help this situation. <br /><a href="http://realestateseo.ca/" rel="nofollow">real estate marketing</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417519284324769542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-18009383842534115382013-06-25T11:04:49.827-07:002013-06-25T11:04:49.827-07:00No, unfortunately your situation is not unique at ...No, unfortunately your situation is not unique at all. I'm so sorry that this has all been so hard on you. <br /><br />Having a lawyer or a trust company as the administrator likely would have helped, but as you say, that's hindsight. <br /><br />Your brother's comment about you not having children is cruel on many levels, but it's also an example of how executors and Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-27710794870389865432013-06-25T06:09:38.511-07:002013-06-25T06:09:38.511-07:00So true.
My father died in January 2010. Two mon...So true. <br /><br />My father died in January 2010. Two months before his lawyer mailed him a will stating that his estate was to be divided equally between my brother and myself and that we were both to be executors. My father had a heart attack a few weeks after receiving the will and never regained consciousness. He knew in the fall that his cancer was terminal, something we did not know Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com