Previously seen on The Estate:
Gary's closeted Mormon uncle passes away with way too much money. The money goes to his wife, Gary's aunt.
Soon after, Gary's aunt also dies. The money goes to Gary's other aunt and Gary's dad.
But, you say, that was months ago! Months and months!
Well, a few months ago, Gary reported that the uncle had a child from a previous marriage (actually, two marriages before) who is now sixty-five.
And this sixty-five year old child, who was pointedly excluded in the uncle's will, is demanding years of back child support.
Now, I say "You go gir - uh - old broad! You get what's yours!" Gary is saying, "What! Give her a DNA test! How do we even know she's his child!"
So, I figure the next thing will be that ... umm ... let's see ... oh, it's drug money and the Feds get it all. Or, there's a poisoning. OR, Ken leaves Wilma for a Vegas showgirl.
Wow.
That's about all I've got. Wow.
Posted by: ajooja | November 05, 2007 at 10:59 AM
I smell a best seller in there someplace...
Posted by: sue | November 05, 2007 at 01:06 PM
man, this is a great story. Drama! Intrigue! History! Suspense!
How does one claim child support for oneself when one is of retirement age? I mean at what point do you just say, "Whatever" and walk away? I guess I am not greedy enough. If somebody leaves me money, cool. But I'm not going to hire a lawyer to go after my cousin's second husband's estate. THEY NEVER GOT ME A WEDDING GIFT! I AM ENTITLED!!!
Buhhh.
Posted by: styro | November 05, 2007 at 02:03 PM
Jeez, just put a stripper and an alligator in there and you've got a Carl Hiassen novel....
Posted by: Becs | November 05, 2007 at 05:10 PM
ajooja - Yep. The In-laws. Who knew?
Sue - Hey, maybe Bec's friend Carl could write it!
Styro - I'm pretty sympathetic to ... I guess the 65 year old is Gary's cousin. And, really, if her father had paid the child support there probably wouldn't be an "estate." I don't think she's suing out of greed, I think its out of bitterness.
Becs - How about a stripping gator? And Burt Reynolds.
Posted by: TheQueen | November 05, 2007 at 08:35 PM
For truly no reason whatsoever, the talk of a book made me think of something I read several years ago. It was mediocre and had so many editing issues I almost marked it up in red ink before returning it to the library.
I have no idea why I thought of that here (maybe gators = Florida which is where this was set?), but I did, so here it is.
http://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Trade-Baseball-Mystery/dp/1885003633/ref=sr_1_6/002-2191261-2508069?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464083&sr=1-6
Posted by: Caroline | November 07, 2007 at 01:42 PM
Caroline - Yes, we missed you too.
Posted by: TheQueen | November 07, 2007 at 09:30 PM