What would you do?
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So I've made my decision but the wife thinks I'm wrong. The situation is I found a paycheck of my father's unclaimed and being held by the state. He passed in 2008, I did the paperwork to claim it, I have 3 siblings who could have claimed it but didn't. Would you give each of the siblings a cut or just keep it yourself? Not sure how the taxes work on a claim like this but assuming the government needs their share. The total is less than $800.
What do you think you'd do?
Again I already know what I'll do just thought it would be fun to see what everyone's opinion was on a non political issue lol
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Keep 10 percent for your time and split the rest equally.
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Keep 10 percent for your time and split the rest equally. Good solution Did his will share the estate equally?
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Re: What would you do?
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Side note, no will and everything was split 12 years ago when the estate was closed.
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You say you have 3 siblings that could have claimed it but didn't. . . . so they knew about it? . . . no interest in it?, Then IMHO, no obligation to share it with them.
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What would your father want you to do? Sometimes he'd just give one of us a gift sometimes he'd give us all a gift he taught us to be self reliant and not expect or accept handouts. Can't ask the dead what they'd do and I don't like to speak for the dead. Lol
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You say you have 3 siblings that could have claimed it but didn't. . . . so they knew about it? . . . no interest in it?, Then IMHO, no obligation to share it with them. I told them where it was and I didn't have his SS# waited a few months and got the # from my mom who was divorced at the time of his passing.
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Your wife is right. Split it equally. You should have told the siblings about it when you found out about it. I didn't say either way who wanted to share it lol
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Any left over unpaid debts? I like the family get together idea if ya'll are friendly, otherwise split it as the will, if any, said to.
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On my side of the family, I believe every one of us would split it regardless.
On my wife’s side they’d keep it quiet and then try and sue if they found out. I’d never seen more disgust or hatred until my wife’s father died. He had left a will and didn’t split evenly which caused a lot of hatred. My wife just told them to keep it all as it was destroying the entire family. Her brother, who was left “in charge” followed the will to the letter. He got the most, which I could see why, then the older brother got the next most, both girls got the least with my wife the most least. The brothers don’t talk to any of the siblings. They won’t talk to my wife because she tried to remain “friends” with them all. About the only person she does talk to is her sister and she’s as evil as anyone I’ve ever met. So much so that she’s banned, barred, or whatever term you want to use from even setting foot in my house.
Just share it and move on.
I’ve told my parents if I’m in their will, just exclude me out of it. I’d even pay the lawyers fee to have it done. I don’t “think” anyone in my family would come to the mess my wife’s family came too, but don’t want to take the chance. The difference in my side and hers, is all of us are “successful” for the most part and needing or wanting nothing. Not the same on the wife’s side. They planned their inheritance before their parents were even thought of being gone. I mean so much so that that was always the topic at Christmas time. I hadn’t been to any of their gatherings for many many years even before her Mom passed then her Father.
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