About the heirs
When my father died a few years ago He
said that there is a will. There will be an estate to be divided equally
amongst the two heirs: myself and my brother.
My brother manages the estate. He is the only one
that I speak to about this matter.
He
refuses to estimate how much I will inherit when mother dies. Unnamed
experts would invest the money and if they made a lot I would live off more and
if they lost I would live off less... Beyond the fact that his family is
wealthier, there is a definite conflict of interest between my brother, his
extended family and myself as to how much of the inheritance I am entitled to. I fear he
will divide the estate very badly for me because he is wealthier and he
deserves more paid for privileges. This
is unjust.
Through education and learning
I have also been denied the many things that were considered mine through education and learning in my parents’ house. How about seasonal acquisition of good affordable new clothes? I have no access to cars, and no office for my work. My father sold houses for a living and eventually had a very sophisticated housing arrangement with two beautifully furnished homes. What about a place to live that I enjoy? The shelter I live in have no need for beauty and design. Every day I look at the mismatched old furniture and it tears at my heart of an artist and the daughter of a man who made his living from selling homes.
A woman’s shelter
I live in a woman’s shelter. I pay by the month with no lease and no protection. Will I have to leave to go into utmost poverty and instability because whoever takes responsibility for me thinks it is "too expensive there is a question of the amount of money that I have day to day. It is very hard to go far from the place where I live because I have almost no lunch money. What about entertainment money? I have not been on a good and safe vacation for years.
Medical care
I do not have the funds to go to many specialists: proper dentist care, eye doctor, a dermatologist, an ear, nose and throat specialist, a bone specialist, dietician, a financial planner. What about my psychiatrist? My injured legs are uncured, Will he be paid when my mother passes away? I have not the means to treat some painful injuries.
To
conclude,
At fifty six years old the need to make plans for my retirement is pressing. I would like access to a better living arrangements, an office. Access to an excellent communications, information and publishing system for my artwork. Access to vacations. I would like to eventually move to a better residence, and have the ability to increase my income and lifestyle by myself.
My psychiatrist of over twenty years says as an heir, I have a right to have a copy of the will. Practically as a handicapped person, to avoid problems, the issue has to be researched and for this I have to know how much money we are talking about with the estate.
