[Roba]

I have a question about an estate. My farther died back in april of 2015 he had no will. We got a lawyer to handle the estate. My older brother did not want no part of the property before. He did not contribute anything to help pay for things to do with the property. If he did anything at all he had to get $10.00 to $20.00 to do it. He did not contribute one cent. Now he wants his share in money. Can he be made to pay his share that he did not put into the property before he gets his share ?

Your lawyer is the best person to ask him/her this question.

[healingme4me]

I agree, check with the attorney. If there's no record keeping that displays a history of loaned money, might be tougher to prove. But again, better to speak with the attorney.

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[amandalouise]

here in the USA inheritances do not depend upon how much a person contributed to helping out contributing to household and all that. short version a person dies with out a will lawyers and those left behind get together and divide the estate up between immediate family members (spouse and children) usually what happens is spouse and underage children get the family home. if there are no spouse and under age children then the lawyers and grown children of the deceased have meetings and decide things like who pays what bills \debts of the deceased. and if debts exceed what cash the person had in the bank and on hand the estate items are sold to cover the debts. then after all debts have been paid off the adult children decide who gets what items based on item values so that each adult child of the deceased ends up with an equal portion of the estate after financial debts have been paid off. your lawyer can tell you what debts \bills youf father left unpaid that needs to be paid off before you and your relatives get anything. then how the estate is going to be divided up (through court or through mediation\agreement of all parties) your lawyer can also tell you what your's and your relatives lawyers decided on how to divide up the estate so that you each get your equal portion.

example one may bet the home and the other may get the car, one may get the stoneware and the other may get the cutlery.....unless the lawyers and all parties agree to hold an estate sale where everything is sold and the money brought in from the sale is divided equally after debts\bills have been paid off.