Thanks to everyone who responded. The family has agreed to revise the distribution to be equal and then gift property privately. ------------------------------ Corey Wood Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick, PC Essex Jct VT 802-879-6304 ------------ ...
The one caveat on using timely disclaimers to shape the distribution is that the statutory consequence (14 VSA 1954(a)) may send the disclaimed asset some place you didn't want it to go. -- Ernest Tobias Balivet, Atty. Reid & Balivet 79 Park Street PO ...
Corey, I never tried a consent like that for precisely the reason the judge cites: there is no authority. The executor's job is to see that the Will is carried out. What I do in these situations is propose the distribution as required by the ...