Issues to Resolve about the Inheritance

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.