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Asking Eric: Widowed Stepmother Won’t Return Family Heirlooms
R. Eric Thomas says a will check and a formal request may be needed if the executor has held the heirlooms for 10 years.
- A reader contacted advice columnist R. Eric Thomas regarding a 10-year estate dispute, claiming the stepmother has retained family heirlooms following the death of their father.
- The stepmother, married to the reader's father for 25 years, began dating again within months of his death and now maintains possession of the items by default.
- Items like the grandfather's grand piano and library hold great sentimental importance, the reader stated: "I'm not a calculating person; I just want my things."
- Thomas advised that 10 years exceeds reasonable expectations for estate administration, recommending the reader determine if a will exists and consult an estate attorney.
- Although Thomas cautioned against legal escalation, he noted it may become the reader's only recourse if the stepmother fails to execute the will or remains unresponsive.
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Asking Eric: Why won’t she give me the heirlooms? She’s not even part of our family.
A reader struggles to retrieve a grandfather's piano and a great-grandmother's ring from their dad's widow a decade after his passing.
·Deerfield Beach, United States
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left6Leaning Right0Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution60% Center
Bias Distribution
- 60% of the sources are Center
60% Center
L 40%
C 60%
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