pray for Sue

My girl friend has had lots of heavy stuff put on her lately.
Her home care person is 96 and showing his age getting harder for him to get around.His daughter's boy friend has stage 4 cancer.
She thought settling her cousin's estate was getting done now there are some people claiming they are first cousins to Dick. None of Sue's family knew about them.
John T will England's apply to U.S?

Families can become great adversaries at the time of death. My desire is to have most of my assets long gone by the time I kick off.
My Uncle recently passed. Left behind quite a bit. The family got together and it all got distributed amicably. One of the other members on the far side of the family took over and ran the show and I, as the direct decedent, just went along with the show. I don't need the stress and at my age have long gotten used to the idea that you can't take it with you and less mess for me to have to deal with.
I didn't have it yesterday and probably won't need it tomorrow. If whatever it is, fancies your tickle, have at it.

Reminds me of the 'ol boy about to die, gets a visit from St peter and argues he ain't going unless he can bring some earthly items with him.
St Peter relents and the 'ol boy finally shows up carrying a large suit case filled with gold bricks.
St Peter looks at him incredulously and exclaims YOU brought Paving bricks???

> John T will England's apply to U.S?

Maybe JT knows what you're asking, but I don't.

I would need a score card to decipher that one. I can't even figure out who to pray for.

Yeah.

A year ago last summer a multi-millionaire bachelor cousin of my wife's died. My wife was one of three known living relatives. After he died, more came out of the woodwork claiming to be relatives.

His will split his entire estate among four local civic projects. My wife used to have coffee with the guy, and from conversation she suspected that's how his will was written so she didn't expect anything anyway.

A female cousin in California called my wife one evening and launched into a 30 minute rant about not getting anything in his will. She said she sent him a birthday card every year. People are weird.

Mr 730 - I try to pray for anyone who asks here but I am with some of the others who responded that they can't figure out what to pray for. I am guessing that Sue is your girlfriend and is the person who needs prayers. I can, and will, do that of course. But as to what to pray for I think with all that going on you would be ahead to just say that she is overwhelmed with problems and ask that the Lord's will be done. I have done that and will continue.

maybe I wasn't clear as why I want prayers for Sue. The estate she thought that was pretty well settled now there are people
claiming to be relatives that no one knew about. It seems these people are in England.
Paul is man with stage 4 cancer not doing well at all. His girl friend is Phil's daughter Her home care person Phil is 96 and seems to be in failing health.
My question for John T do England estate laws apply to U.S.?
She has been stressed by all of this.

(quoted from post at 08:24:05 11/18/21) Mr 730 - I try to pray for anyone who asks here but I am with some of the others who responded that they can't figure out what to pray for. I am guessing that Sue is your girlfriend and is the person who needs prayers. I can, and will, do that of course. But as to what to pray for I think with all that going on you would be ahead to just say that she is overwhelmed with problems and ask that the Lord's will be done. I have done that and will continue.

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Nicely worded. I can work with that.

> My question for John T do England estate laws apply to U.S.?

John's been kind of quiet lately. You might have to give him a shout-out if you want him to respond. I'll give you my two cents, which are worth maybe one cent.

The question isn't so much which laws apply but rather which court has jurisdiction. Most of the time, the probate court in the place where the decedent resided has jurisdiction. Sure, there are fuzzy Howard Hughes cases where it's not clear where the decedent resided, he had property all over the country and died in a plane over Mexico. But most of the time it's pretty clear-cut. If the decedent wasn't a resident of the UK and didn't own property in the UK, it's unlikely any UK court is going to claim jurisdiction over his estate. And if it did, it seems unlikely a US court would accept the UK court's judgements at face value. I don't think your significant other has to worry about English estate law.

Moving on, do the limey plaintiffs have any claim to this estate? As with everything else in life, it depends:

If the decedent set up a trust, and the purported heirs aren't named as beneficiaries of the trust, your sweetie can tell them to go pound sand.

If the decedent had a will, and the purported heirs aren't named in the will, they can go pound sand.

If the decedent died intestate (with no will), and probate has closed on the estate, the purported heirs can go pound sand.

If the decendent died intestate, probate is still open on the estate, AND they claim to be at least as close of relatives as your sweetheart, they MIGHT have a claim. But the burden of proof is on them to prove they are who they claim to be and that they have a legitimate claim to the estate. She doesn't have to accept any of their claims at face value.

This sure sounds like a scam. If these purported cousins are legit, they should be willing to hop on a plane, fly to the US and make their claims before the probate judge in this case. Or at the very least, retain local counsel to make their case. If your sweetie hasn't received a letter from either the probate court or from a local attorney, I think she can fuhgetaboutit. IANAL.

My question for John T do England estate laws apply to U.S.?
She has been stressed by all of this.

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I'm no John T, but I can't see how laws of another country could possibly apply here.

They're counting on her being stressed and giving in, sending them money to make them go away.