Debt help
Date: Mon, 10/11/2010 - 18:33
How do I get my name off my dead mother's house. I was a minor when she died and I'm now 20. I haven't even lived in the house for over a year and my father stole my inhertiance. I am getting notices that there are court hearings for the status of the morgage and my brother's names are on the letter aswell. These hearings are in Ohio, and I am in California. I just found out that no one went to the hearing. There's a lot of other stuff too but for brevity I'm just stating the basic facts. What should I do?
Details.....
One June 11, 2008 at 3 pm, my mother was taken off life support and died. She had an inter-cranial hemorrhage, and was on life support for a week, before life support was ended she was able to donate her liver and her kidneys. At the time of her death I was 17. My eldest brother Adam was made executor of her will and estate. When I turned 18 that August, I inherited 38 thousand dollars from my mother's life insurance policy. As soon as the money was in my bank account, my father Robert told me to write him a check for the amount so I did. And he did the same thing to my brother Jacob, and my other brothers.
At the time I was attending Kent State University at the main campus branch in Kent Ohio. Adam and Robert told me to sign a paper so Adam could speak for me in court, thinking that since they were my family, they would have my best interest at heart I signed the paper. I also signed the paper because I was afraid of what Robert would do if I didn't.
After my mother passed away I more or less became the house's personal servant. I did all of the cooking and cleaning while being a full time student. Robert would sit up in his room all day either watching CNN or blowing the money into the stock market on E-Trade. Also by getting horses, cows, chickens, and a pig. When “we†started the “farm†Robert would still just sit in his room. During this time I wasn't allowed to have a job or get my driving permit.
In July of 2009 Robert informed me that I have an older half-sister named Trisha. He told me this only a few minutes before she showed up at our home, I was also told that I have another brother (half) named Luke, whom is only a a month or so older then Adam. A few days later I decided that I was tired of the mental and sometimes physical abuse, so I told Robert that I was going to hang out with my friend Sara for a while and he allowed me to go.
After a few hours I called Robert to inform him that I wasn't coming home. I decided to move out this way because Robert had always been a loud and violent man. I know that if I had told him I was leaving while still at the house that I would have never gotten out, and I would have probably been hit.
When I called Robert to inform him that I was not coming home, he began to scream at me through the phone. He yelled at me that the next time he saw me, I better have cops with me because he was going to beat me bloody. So my friend Sara took me to the police department and I was police escorted to my home so I could get my clothes.
My Aunt called my Grandmother on my mom's side when she found out what had happened, my grandmother then got a hold of me and she flew me out here to California to live with her.
I have been trying to get my inheritance back from Robert so I can finish school like my mother wanted me to. According to him the money is all gone. I also received a letter stating that there is going to be a hearing about the status of the mortgage. And debt collectors are calling me aswell. I was a minor when my mom died and don't understand how they can come after me for the house. Also I haven't even lived in said house in over a year. I am wondering what I should do legally to get the money Robert took from me, and what to do in regards to the mortgage.
Questions friend said I should clairfy:
1) Is Robert your father or step father??
---- Father
2) Was an investigation done into your mothers intra-cranial bleed? Was it a stroke or was it due to trauma?
----There was no investigation, it just happened. One day she was fine and the next she was brain dead and on life support.
3) why was Adam executor of the will and not the husband? Most states (even when no will is in place) the spouse gets 50% unless specified by a will.
----My parents were not married at the time of her death, they just lived together. Adam is the oldest of us kids so he was exectur. Also I think it was in her will.
4) Was the house paid for at time of death, and who was it titled in? Being a minor (unless emancipated) there is no way that you could have been on the title.
-----No it wasn't paid for, we were in the 2nd or 3rd year of the morgage.
5) There are some very suspicious things surrounding Robert and your half/step siblings. Do you even know that they are his children??? Was any DNA or family history done?
-----It's been confirmed through other family members that Robert slept around on my mom. But no DNA has been done.
Details.....
One June 11, 2008 at 3 pm, my mother was taken off life support and died. She had an inter-cranial hemorrhage, and was on life support for a week, before life support was ended she was able to donate her liver and her kidneys. At the time of her death I was 17. My eldest brother Adam was made executor of her will and estate. When I turned 18 that August, I inherited 38 thousand dollars from my mother's life insurance policy. As soon as the money was in my bank account, my father Robert told me to write him a check for the amount so I did. And he did the same thing to my brother Jacob, and my other brothers.
At the time I was attending Kent State University at the main campus branch in Kent Ohio. Adam and Robert told me to sign a paper so Adam could speak for me in court, thinking that since they were my family, they would have my best interest at heart I signed the paper. I also signed the paper because I was afraid of what Robert would do if I didn't.
After my mother passed away I more or less became the house's personal servant. I did all of the cooking and cleaning while being a full time student. Robert would sit up in his room all day either watching CNN or blowing the money into the stock market on E-Trade. Also by getting horses, cows, chickens, and a pig. When “we†started the “farm†Robert would still just sit in his room. During this time I wasn't allowed to have a job or get my driving permit.
In July of 2009 Robert informed me that I have an older half-sister named Trisha. He told me this only a few minutes before she showed up at our home, I was also told that I have another brother (half) named Luke, whom is only a a month or so older then Adam. A few days later I decided that I was tired of the mental and sometimes physical abuse, so I told Robert that I was going to hang out with my friend Sara for a while and he allowed me to go.
After a few hours I called Robert to inform him that I wasn't coming home. I decided to move out this way because Robert had always been a loud and violent man. I know that if I had told him I was leaving while still at the house that I would have never gotten out, and I would have probably been hit.
When I called Robert to inform him that I was not coming home, he began to scream at me through the phone. He yelled at me that the next time he saw me, I better have cops with me because he was going to beat me bloody. So my friend Sara took me to the police department and I was police escorted to my home so I could get my clothes.
My Aunt called my Grandmother on my mom's side when she found out what had happened, my grandmother then got a hold of me and she flew me out here to California to live with her.
I have been trying to get my inheritance back from Robert so I can finish school like my mother wanted me to. According to him the money is all gone. I also received a letter stating that there is going to be a hearing about the status of the mortgage. And debt collectors are calling me aswell. I was a minor when my mom died and don't understand how they can come after me for the house. Also I haven't even lived in said house in over a year. I am wondering what I should do legally to get the money Robert took from me, and what to do in regards to the mortgage.
Questions friend said I should clairfy:
1) Is Robert your father or step father??
---- Father
2) Was an investigation done into your mothers intra-cranial bleed? Was it a stroke or was it due to trauma?
----There was no investigation, it just happened. One day she was fine and the next she was brain dead and on life support.
3) why was Adam executor of the will and not the husband? Most states (even when no will is in place) the spouse gets 50% unless specified by a will.
----My parents were not married at the time of her death, they just lived together. Adam is the oldest of us kids so he was exectur. Also I think it was in her will.
4) Was the house paid for at time of death, and who was it titled in? Being a minor (unless emancipated) there is no way that you could have been on the title.
-----No it wasn't paid for, we were in the 2nd or 3rd year of the morgage.
5) There are some very suspicious things surrounding Robert and your half/step siblings. Do you even know that they are his children??? Was any DNA or family history done?
-----It's been confirmed through other family members that Robert slept around on my mom. But no DNA has been done.
Sounds like you need to be consulting an attorney.
Sounds like you need to be consulting an attorney.
