Homeless Bound
I had a good friend who moved in with her great aunt and uncle to nurse them while they were battling cancer. She was 22, worked full time, and looked after them in the evenings and overnight. She did that for almost two years before they passed. The aunt and uncle changed their will and gave their house to my friend. It was worth about $90,000. It was a wonderful gift—and it destroyed her life.
The executor of the will was also a lawyer. On “behalf” of the aunt and uncle, the lawyer sued my friend for supposedly taking advantage of these poor sick people and conning them into a will change. As executor AND attorney, the lawyer got executor fees, legal fees, and court costs paid out of the estate. He just sued until the money was gone and then dropped it. My friend got nothing.