Hopefully this makes sense and if you read to the end, thanks! I've written it quick (we'll quick for me) so excuse any bad grammar.
My Partner lost her Mum five years ago and her brother in law and sister were trusted to deal with the insurances etc as her dad was 80 at the time, in a state and can't deal with any form of paperwork, financials etc
When everything was all done we were told £15000 had been left over and her brother in law and sister were to look after it until her dad said it was to be split between her sister, brother and my Partner (£5000 each).
Roll on three and a half years (April 2019) and my Partners brother in law phones and said her dad doesn't want the £15000 and they were keeping it! WTF!
We had to fight tooth and nail to get my Partners £5000 and her brothers as he lives in New Zealand. What went on you honestly wouldn't believe, which involved the brother in law throwing himself around on the floor! Yep at 69 years old! (my Partners sister is a sado who needed and married a father figure) and at one point they tried to get my Partners dad to pay my Partners share! Obviously we said no! Why should he!
Anyway that was it for me, but I kept my mouth shut even though the brother in law threw nothing but guilt trips our way all throughout the summer.
Anyway my Partners Auntie died (her dad's sister) in August and because of what happened before I was asked to sort out her estate.
When sorting the estate I had to use my Partners dad's cheque book as he can't write cheques, yes that's how confused etc he is and I noticed all these cheques written out by my Partners brother in law and sister to themselves from her mums insurance and it turns out the cheque for £15000 was £20000 and lots of other large cheques £4000, £3000, £2604! WTF!
So they had done my Partner and her brother out of their share of the £5000 as they were told it was £15000 plus all these other cheques!!!
Anyway we got onto my Partners brother in New Zealand and at this point it was also realised that the brother in law and sister had also kept £2000 that was given to them to forward to him in New Zealand! When my Partners mum died her dad gave £2000 to each of the children, but her brothers was kept!! Scumbags!
My Partners brother phoned them from New Zealand about all the cheques and his £2000 and he recorded it. What we heard was truly horrific, complete denial and trying to even blame me and my Partner throughout! Scumbags!
Anyway my Partner and her brother left it with just £1000 each from them and the £2000 for her brother, which I couldn't believe!!
Anyway in July 2020 I was asked to check if an insurance for my Partners mum hadn't been claimed and I took the paperwork all home to check, sort, file and also get her dad's in order.
The paperwork was a complete state, things missing, it had been well and truly ransacked by the brother in law and sister after the death of her mum and what do you know??? They had taken all my Partners dad's insurance etc at the same time as taking her mum's!!!!
They had to even gain grant of probate to take her dad's at the same time as her mums!!!
Anyway we had nothing but denial as before, so I had to go through absolutely everything, gain all the letters they wrote to the insurance companies, gain pictures of cheques etc, the whole lot!
They denied everything all the way and still do, even though I've gained everything in black and white. They still deny getting grant of probate even though I managed to get a copy with their name on it from the High Court of Justice!!! They had obviously ditched the probate certificate and everything, but I gained it all in black and white!!
I also got all of the bank statements going back to when my Partners mum died and not only had they done all this they had been taking all her dad's cash which we rekon to have been £20000 plus all these cheques!!!!
Anyway we thought it was over even though they still deny everything, us having absolutely everything in black and white, when the money left her dad's account and, went into theirs etc, but my Partner bumped into them just before Christmas and they said that I've told a load of lies, they wouldn't rip the family off etc!!
Can you believe all that?! All I want to do is explode! Struggling with it!! They left my Partners Dad with nothing and took much of what was due to my Partner and her brother from the death of her mum!