Posted by tjdub on November 25, 2008 at 12:44:19 from (208.28.88.253):
In Reply to: There goes the farm posted by sad-ex-farmer on November 24, 2008 at 20:12:04:
My wife makes cemetery monuments and is always bringing home sad stories similar to this. More often than not, a group of heirs turn into a pack of jackals as soon as the body's in the ground. A whole lot of people just see dollar signs when they look at their family farm and have no sympathy for the operator or their parent's wishes.
One story that I liked though was about a man who took care of his mother and ran the farm for decades. His mother had a standard will made out split the inheritance evenly between her three children. However on her death bed it became evident to her that the other two children were going to have the farm sold so she brought a lawyer into the hospital and made sure that the son who was taking care of her got the farm. Then the other two children actually sued trying to get the final will overturned because they said the morphine limited her mental state and the other son put her up to it. I never did hear how it turned out, but I hope for the best.
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