She Plans To Sell Her Brother And Sister-In-Law’s Belongings And Keep The Earnings For Her Niece’s Future Since They Passed Away, But Her Sister-In-Law’s Family Believes They Are Entitled To The Items
One month ago, this woman tragically lost both her brother and sister-in-law in a car accident. In the wake of this massive loss, her niece, Isla– who is just 1-year-old– was also left behind.
Now, her brother and his wife did not have a will stating their intentions for Isla or their home and other assets.
Nonetheless, she recalled how immediately after the accident, her sister-in-law’s family claimed they had no intentions of taking in baby Isla.
It is her understanding that no one on her sister-in-law’s side of the family is in good financial condition.
“And her sister has five of her own kids who struggled in school and who are perfectly content with working part-time retail jobs and living paycheck to paycheck,” she explained.
So, in the very same conversation about baby Isla’s future, her sister-in-law’s family had the nerve to inquire about various valuable items left behind by her brother and sister-in-law.
Primarily, the family members asked about taking both cars– which are completely paid off and under 3-years-old. They also mentioned intentions to take a 65-inch Sony television and other furniture.
Plus, her sister-in-law’s family claimed that they wanted to split all of the leftover money from her brother and sister-in-law’s bank accounts after their estates were settled.
It is important to note that she did frequently discuss finances with her brother, so she did not really think he and his wife had a lot of money in their accounts.
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“I think they maybe had $5,000 between them,” she said.
Regardless of that, though, she was still absolutely livid after her sister-in-law’s family tried to swoop in and take all remaining assets without considering Isla.
So, she told the family that Isla would be staying with her and her husband. She also detailed how, aside from any sentimental items, most of her brother and sister-in-law’s remaining possessions would be sold in an estate sale alongside the cars.
Then, she planned to put 100 percent of the earnings from those sales into a bank account and college fund for Isla.
After all, she figured that’s what her brother and sister-in-law would have wanted for their daughter. And since they had not opened a bank account for Isla yet, she and her husband decided to take that step.
“Our son, Luke, is the same age as Isla, and we would want for her to be set financially, just as we have started for Luke,” she reasoned.
If you could not have guessed, though, her sister-in-law’s family tried to fight back about this. They claimed that it was not fair and that they lost her sister-in-law, too.
So, they tried to say her sister-in-law would have wanted them to take some of those belongings.
Apparently, her sister-in-law’s mother and nephew really wanted the two cars because they could not afford vehicles of their own. At the same time, though, she recognized how neither of them offered to help raise Isla.
Instead, they claimed they would occasionally babysit when needed but said Isla would have to figure out her future finances on her own “if” she decides to pursue a college education.
And according to her, the only reason why her sister-in-law’s family used the word “if” was because none of them attended college– so they believed Isla might do the same.
So, ever since that conversation, she has been feeling ethically torn. She swears that she is just trying to keep Isla’s best interest in mind and wants to make sure her niece receives everything her brother and sister-in-law left behind.
Plus, while she thinks Isla deserves all of the personal effects, she pointed out how she and her husband will be contributing to Isla’s funds, too. They plan to add money to both Isla’s savings and college fund accounts– the same way they do for their son, Luke.
Finally, her own side of the family will also be contributing to Isla’s finances to ensure the little girl is set up.
Regardless of how pure she knows her intentions are, though, she has still been left wondering whether it is wrong of her to deny her sister-in-law’s family members the cars and other non-sentimental belongings in order to save for Isla.
Can you believe her sister-in-law’s family immediately said they did not want to take baby Isla before bringing up the belongings in the same breath? Is she doing the right thing by taking in Isla and trying to secure her niece’s financial future? If you were in her shoes, would you do the same?
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