{"product_id":"vragen-61352-geachte-omdat-ik-de-afgelopen-jaren-helemaal-geen-antwoord-kan-krijgen-op-mijn-vragen-het-volgend","title":"Help with inheritance problems and wills","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Dear,\n\n Since I have not been able to get any answers to my questions at all in recent years, the following.\n \nMy father passed away in 2014. Less than two years earlier, he had been divorced after a marriage of over 44 years with my mother. And immediately after that, a cohabitation contract and a new will had been drawn up with his girlfriend, it turned out later. According to the family doctor and the doctor in the hospital, there were doubts about his mental health. But the notary who came to the house thought he was fine. In my opinion, he wasn't. I went there very often and stayed there often, so I knew him well.\n\n In his will he appointed a brother of his, whom he hardly saw, as executor of his will.\n\n After my father passed away, this brother threatened and insulted my mother. He did not speak to me, but sent a horrible email, in which he also stated that he did not want to have any contact with me.   \nLet's just say that because of this man's behavior, my mother and I developed serious health problems, which continue to this day. Which is a problem for us, because she can hardly see her only grandchildren.\n\n Eventually, months after the death, I received a copy of the will by email from a candidate notary. It turned out that my father's 2 children, including me, were not heirs, but legatees, together with a child of his girlfriend. His girlfriend was the sole heir.\n \nDue to health reasons and also because this man did not want any contact, I asked a lawyer to arrange the further settlement on advice. Unfortunately, a simple note from the notary, asking about the estate, turned out to be reason enough for this man to hire a lawyer at the expense of the heir. I did not see the letter that my lawyer received, but it was so much that I had to pay a considerable bill simply for reading it. Since this lawyer also advised me to accept under benefit of inventory, after reading the will, while according to the notary who had drawn up the will this is not possible because I am not an heir, I cancelled the assignment.\n\n That was a few years ago. In the meantime I have heard that this man had himself paid well, almost an amount of E 10,000. While according to the will he was not allowed to be paid for his work.\n\n I recently approached the court, there is no known entry in the estate register.\n \nHe also sold my parents' house, where my mother still had the right to stay for at least another year according to the agreement, far below its value, by threatening and intimidating my mother. He also did this with the real estate agent. Why is a mystery to me, according to the real estate agent to be able to pay the inheritance tax. But according to the Tax Authorities this was not necessary at all.\n\n It's been 3 1\/2 years now. To this day I don't know what I'm entitled to. My uncle doesn't want any contact with me. Now I don't want any, because this man destroys lives.\n\n But I don't have any photos from the past, my father had the slides, so I don't know exactly what happened.\n\n What am I entitled to? Should I ask for the legitimate portion? Can I go to the subdistrict court myself? Although this man will then take legal action against me with the money from the inheritance?\n\n Thanks in advance.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nYour problem is extensive and hardly lends itself to being answered via this medium. I advise you to discuss the issues with a specialized lawyer. You can find such a specialist on the website of the specialist association: www.vean.nl. I am also a member. Please note that a claim for a legitimate portion must be filed within a period of 5 years after death, sometimes sooner. I estimate that an initial assessment of the issues can take place after a discussion of about two hours, provided that the relevant documents are also present.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Thank you for your answer. The problem is that I have already spent quite a lot of money on a lawyer, between E 400 and E 500. Just for reading the will, a note of 6 sentences and reading the epistle from my uncle and his lawyer plus accepting the wrong advice with benefit of inventory. I myself have little income and live abroad and therefore do not qualify for a subsidized lawyer, as I understand it.\n \nWhat I do know is the following:\n 1. Contesting a will. Although I and others think there is definitely a case of influencing the girlfriend and the father's declining mental capacity, it is almost impossible to contest that. So I am not going to do that.\n\n 2. Should I now claim the legitimate portion? Or claim the legacy? And how does the latter work? I think that is only the case if the only heir, a girlfriend, dies? Because until then she can spend everything, right?\n\n 3. How is it possible for an executor to take money from the inheritance while the will states that he may not charge any costs for this?\n\n 4. How is it possible that an executor of a will can act in this way? How can he not keep me as a legatee informed in any way, on the contrary, email me with insults and then demand that he does not want to have any contact with me?\n \n5. Can I go to the subdistrict court myself, to then take legal action against this man? He is wealthy and apparently gets it from the inheritance. I actually see little chance of fighting this out financially with a lawyer.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55004705653085,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-61352-geachte-omdat-ik-de-afgelopen-jaren-helemaal-geen-antwoord-kan-krijgen-op-mijn-vragen-het-volgend","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}