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The back country hill folk Scots Irish were transported or came as indentured service. When George and his boys were emancipated, the less desirable people ended up down under. In the south, the scots tended to not like the english, so kept moving west to get away from them. Holler by

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This is a pretty good website about Scots and Scots-Irish and their immigration to America, especially if you scroll down to the immigration chapter. A history book claimed that the Scots came looking for business opportunities while the Irish came looking for jobs, it gave a list of prominent

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es@okiebenz.com> Cc: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors On 02/12/2015 10:50 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Just for the record.. I'm quite glad the Kilt has remained knee length

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Scots Irish were imported to this area to run the plantations and be the overseers of the slaves. Buckras. They seemed to have some sort of affinity or background in that role but I forget what it was. Apparently a lot of them came over to do that. --R Oh! I thought you were saying the

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My area, pretty much ground zero for slavery in the US. I have not researched the reasoning, etc. behind that historical artifact, probably because they wanted/needed jobs, there were jobs here, etc. Not sure if they had any special talents for the job but I recall someone saying that but

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Certainly not the case with my Yankee ancestors. Considering the non-slave populations of Northern vs. Southern states (pre 1860) and the fact the potato famine was 1845-1860, probably not the case for most Scots-Irish. > -Original Message- > From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes > > Scots

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On 01/12/2015 7:31 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Would you wear the men's or the ladies? (Ducking) Not much difference unless one opts for the skirt. RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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On 01/12/2015 6:10 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: We do wear the black waist coat and robes along with the white shirt with the pointy collar and tabs when in superior courts. Like this: http://www.gaspard.ca/legal-attire/ I can just see myself

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> On December 2, 2015 at 11:50 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I still say the better way is to expressly state why the person is not > included in the manner in which they might think they should have been. Sound professional advice. And we didn't even

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ercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors Damn professional liars have a dress code? How quaint.. haha On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mer

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For some of us that might give more exposure than some might want to see... --R On 12/2/15 11:50 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Just for the record.. I'm quite glad the Kilt has remained knee length and has not progressed to the "mini kilt" like skirts.

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My SWMBO is a McGregor. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Sent: Wednesday, December

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On 01/12/2015 7:31 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Would you wear the men's or the ladies? (Ducking) Not much difference unless one opts for the skirt. RB I thought that was referred to as a "Kilt" in the GWN. http://www.glengarryhighlandgames.com/

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On 02/12/2015 10:50 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Just for the record.. I'm quite glad the Kilt has remained knee length and has not progressed to the "mini kilt" like skirts. On that Kilt issue.. can a Kilt be worn in court as acceptable dress? Just curious. Probably acceptable. I have a

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Damn professional liars have a dress code? How quaint.. haha On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 01/12/2015 7:31 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >> Would you wear the men's or the ladies? (Ducking) >> > > Not much difference

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On 02/12/2015 7:55 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: The "He forgot me" argument is the only one that holds any water, in the absence of spousal or minor child support issues, and it costs the decedent merely $1 and one sentence in the will to completely scuttle that argument. -- Jim That

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Just for the record.. I'm quite glad the Kilt has remained knee length and has not progressed to the "mini kilt" like skirts. On that Kilt issue.. can a Kilt be worn in court as acceptable dress? Just curious. On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com>

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st" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors > > > > On 02/12/2015 10:50 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >>

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I am out of the loop on inheritance. SWMBA and Sister Dearest, being lawyers, are co-executors for Mom, when she should pass. Mom tried to get me involved, I declined the honor. I have an older sibling who may want some cash out of the deal, Sister Dearest is trying to make tenure at law

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No wigs? A lawyer friend once said that when there are no more wigs in the courts of the British Empire, the end is in sight, as are the legal systems of nations based on British common law; or something like that. However, we can move to Louisiana which is still under the Code Napoleon.

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No wigs? A lawyer friend once said that when there are no more wigs in the courts of the British Empire, the end is in sight, as are the legal systems of nations based on British common law; or something like that. However, we can move to Louisiana which is still under the Code Napoleon.

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I hope my progeny and others are brave enough to be honest if they bother to speak over my corpse. All the namby-pamby sweetness bothers me. Tell it like it is, as I will not give a fig. I have warned my children that they are duty bound to release me swiftly from this mortal coil should I

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> On December 1, 2015 at 10:04 PM Jim Cathey wrote: > > > The "He forgot me" argument is the only one that holds > any water, in the absence of spousal or minor child > support issues, and it costs the decedent merely $1 > and one sentence in the will to completely

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The "He forgot me" argument is the only one that holds any water, in the absence of spousal or minor child support issues, and it costs the decedent merely $1 and one sentence in the will to completely scuttle that argument. -- Jim That seems like the best solution, and cheaper.

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nz.com> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors >> >> >>> O

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...@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors I am out of the loop on inheritance.  SWMBA and Sister Dearest, being lawyers, are co-executors for Mom, when she should pass.  Mom tried to get me involved,  I declined the honor

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quot;Randy Bennell via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors

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On 01/12/2015 3:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There were a series of boot to the head skits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM -Curt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHsjHr_hk8 This one appears to be it, but it may be in French. I do not have speakers on this computer so

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ell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors On 01/12/2015 3:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There were a series of boot to the head skits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM -Curt

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Friend of ours is an "estate and probate" attorney as he refers to it. What we really want to know is if you have to wear the powdered wigs in court, or if that's just in the UK? Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >> On 01/12/2015

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And I was ROTFLMAO. ;<) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Sent: Tuesday, Dece

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des > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 12:55 PM > To: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors > > On 01/12/2015 11:33 AM

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On 01/12/2015 3:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. -Curt I wonder what the father's

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On 01/12/2015 3:18 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read: "To my unfaithful wife I leave nothing; I would leave her less if I could." I recall listening to some strange comedy show on a car radio long ago, where the gist

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er 1, 2015 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors On 01/12/2015 3:18 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read:  "To > my unfaithful wife I leave nothing; I would leave her less if I could.&quo

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On 01/12/2015 3:48 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: Reminds me: Check the 1992 movie, "My Cousin Vinny," in which defense attorney, Joe Pesci, is jailed for contempt of court for his choice of dress in Alabama court. ;<) Or was he merely threatened with contempt? 'Don't remember. Wilton

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On 01/12/2015 4:21 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote: And I was ROTFLMAO. ;<) Wilton I suspect we share the same odd sense of humor then. RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

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On 01/12/2015 2:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Friend of ours is an "estate and probate" attorney as he refers to it. What we really want to know is if you have to wear the powdered wigs in court, or if that's just in the UK? Dan Not in Canada, thankfully. In England and perhaps in

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To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read:  "To my unfaithful w

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a series of boot to the head > skits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VD4JXUozM > > -Curt > > From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > S

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er 1, 2015 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors On 01/12/2015 3:18 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read:  "To > my unfaithful wife I leave nothing; I would leave her less if I could." >

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;mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors On 01/12/2015 3:18 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: In an episode of Midsomer, which I watched last night, the will read:

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Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. Hmmm. I have no memory of my great great uncle Jesse. Our

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Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: We do wear the black waist coat and robes along with the white shirt with the pointy collar and tabs when in superior courts. Like this: http://www.gaspard.ca/legal-attire/ I can just see myself showing up in court like that. Too bad jury duty was last

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Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: It might be gracious but #1 violated his responsibility as executor if #2 did not agree (or was not informed truthfully). It essentially amounts to stealing money from #2 to give to #3, whatever the motivation. #1 should have discussed it with #2, and given up

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Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: There was an old guy around Caribou, he did some "work" for my cousins time to time. When he died his son gave the eulogy which started with "My dad was really an asshole" and devolved from there. Sounds like my Great Grandmother Slater. In the only

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I think that route was not taken because it would have created a substantial chance that #3 would find out his dad cut him out. Only interested parties can complain, namely #2 and #3 since #1 made the change. Hard to see how #3 would complain, but #2 has a perfectly legitimate claim of theft,

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The "He forgot me" argument is the only one that holds any water, in the absence of spousal or minor child support issues, and it costs the decedent merely $1 and one sentence in the will to completely scuttle that argument. -- Jim ___

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Would you wear the men's or the ladies? (Ducking) -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On December 1, 2015 7:10:00 PM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > >> We do wear the black waist coat and robes along with the white

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Makes me almost happy that I gave all my money to Charity. I know.. strange name for a stripper in a small corner bar on the edge of the business district... On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The "He forgot me" argument is the only one

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a true reading of the will would have been emotionally harmful to child #3. #3 was also the one who most needed the money. But _why_ did #3 need the money most? That very issue might have been at the root of the parent's decision. Ugly stuff, all. I am to be the executor of my father's will

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Karma still played out, as all he got was the $1500 life insurance which they didn't even find until well into the legal action. I know it took several years and there was a lot of back and forth in the courts, so I am certain he laid out more than that in legal fees. Dan Sent from my iPad >

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> On December 1, 2015 at 11:20 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Cliff contested the will. He wasn't named in it, of course. Everything was > left to my Mom. I understand that spouses are often guaranteed half, and that lineal descendants expect a cut, but if

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not "H" series bonds that mature at their face value, but bonds that continued to earn interest. Some of them were worth 5X-10X their face value as a result. I was given a $50 savings bond shortly after my birth. I cashed it in after college, while I was waiting for my first paycheck. I

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the estate, then sue him for lawyer's fees. Let him pay for his greed. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:20 AM Subject: Re

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On 01/12/2015 11:33 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Now I understand why a childless (and now sibling-free) friend of mine has rewritten his will, not to exclude two nieces who deserve exclusion, but to leave them with a tiny sum of cash. As in "Yes, I considered them when writing this

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> On December 1, 2015 at 12:57 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Glad you don't do probate? What do you guys think of this situation? Three children. Parent #1 dies, leaving everything to parent #2. Parent #2 dies, leaving everything equally to children #1

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Glad you don't do probate? Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >> On 01/12/2015 11:33 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Now I understand why a childless (and now sibling-free) friend of mine has >> rewritten his will, not to

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No different than when my sister got pissed because my Dad decided to put me back in his will. He and I butted heads for a long time until I was in my early 20s and he was still trying to control me. I told him to piss off and that was that. My Mom told me when they diagnosed him with

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Not having more details, it sounds very gracious of the sibling to do so. Sometimes it's better to do the "right" thing. For that matter, I would think the two that were named as heirs could have each given a sixth to the third sibling as well if they chose to, and then there would be no

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It might be gracious but #1 violated his responsibility as executor if #2 did not agree (or was not informed truthfully). It essentially amounts to stealing money from #2 to give to #3, whatever the motivation. #1 should have discussed it with #2, and given up his bit anyway, and let #2 to

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That was the point in my second statement. Dan > On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > It might be gracious but #1 violated his responsibility as executor if #2 did > not agree (or was not informed truthfully). It essentially amounts to >

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On 01/12/2015 11:57 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Glad you don't do probate? Dan Not sure what you mean. Probate is just the application to the Court asking to have the Will declared to be acceptable and the named Executor endorsed by the Court. The Grant of Probate is essentially a

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mail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors Years ago I heard a lawyer / author interviewed on the radio about two books that he'd written on wills and estates and family fights.  I wish I could recall his name and the books title

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Years ago I heard a lawyer / author interviewed on the radio about two books that he'd written on wills and estates and family fights. I wish I could recall his name and the books titles. The first book is for the person to read BEFORE they die, so they can (maybe) arrange their matters so as to

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Great idea. Please share with us when you recall the titles. On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Years ago I heard a lawyer / author interviewed on the radio about two > books that he'd written on wills and estates and family fights. I

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I had a great aunt on my Mom's side who was the quintessential spinster. She took care of parents most of her adult life while having a career as an accountant with a small local cartage firm. She was the best of my aunts and uncles while I was growing up, as she was really sincere about being

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Which reminds me, my uncle Fred (really my great uncle) died a couple months ago and things have gotten decidedly weird. Fred was married to my aunt Trudy, who is my grandmother's sister. Trudy was married once before, her daughter Melanie being the surviving child from that. There are two

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> On November 30, 2015 at 6:02 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > Apparently Melanie has gone money crazy and has started threatening Phil and > strangely, my dad. Her mom's husband died so she's attacking the executor and his advisor? Unless Fred adopted her,

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department at a Wal-Mart. He smokes dope so much he's basically a shell... -Curt From: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 6:28 PM Subject: Re:

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y <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 6:28 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Family fun - was: New Neighbors > > > > > >> On Novem

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Which reminds me, my uncle Fred (really my great uncle) died a couple months ago and things have gotten decidedly weird. Fred was married to my aunt Trudy, who is my grandmother's sister. Trudy was married once before, her daughter Melanie being the surviving child from that. There are two

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This is why I strongly recommend an interest only trust for real estate, and it can be used to handle money too by having "transfer on death" arrangements. This way only the recipient of the trust has mitts on the dough until it can be distributed, real estate doesn't get tied up in court