For reasons I will not get into yet, I'm curious as to precisely where Patrick is hanging out these days. Is he crashing in the basement at Casa Ross now that sister Penny appears to have moved in? And, more importantly, it would be useful to know where he's working at the moment.
Any info along those lines (possibly accompanied by legally-taken pics) appreciated.
P.S. I had, for a while, wondered why that hovel had not gone on the market, since I naturally assumed the will stipulated that it would be sold and proceeds split among the squalling siblings. But from what I hear, one of the needier siblings has moved in, and that makes sense, but it also means that Patrick still has no actual residence (apart from perhaps living in the basement). So what is Patrick's official "residence" from a legal perspective? That is, what is his proper address for legal service? And if it's not Casa Ross, is Patrick technically homeless?
So many questions.
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If the Lloydminster house went to Penny Ross, that seems like a bad deal for at least Chris and Jennifer, if not also Twatsy. Perhaps the other siblings got the windfall from liquidating Ken's car collection? Twatsy might be living rent-free in Ken/Penny's basement as part of the deal. Fortunately for Penny and her family, Uncle Twatsy is away swamping in work camps in Eastern Alberta much of the time these days.
ROD: I'm sure Penny -- if she has taken up permanent residence at Casa Ross -- is not overly thrilled about having a boarder like Patrick. But it occurs that if Patrick is paying rent, I might be able to step in and seize that. I will have to look into that. I hope Penny has no problem with the occasional process server stopping by.
Were I in your shoes, I would send process servers to "Casa Ross" on the basis that is the "address for service" on Patrick's lawsuit(s). Do a few of them and record their inability to serve those papers, and then simply present that to the courts as part of the evidence pile as part of a motion to dismiss.
So, what's going on with the estate? It's been three years since their father passed on, and it's nice that one of the needier sibling has a place to live, but what's going on with the estate??? I'm a bit surprised that this sibling has moved in before the estate has been settled, as that seems like a needless complication (but then so does dragging the whole thing out for three years).
I realize that you can't really glean too much about the estate, since your claim is with Patrick, but three years is excessive. If the executor is working with an estate lawyer, that lawyer must be pulling their hair out. It's been speculated that the delay is because the family is trying to protect Patrick from you, but what if the will is being contested by another entity? If that's the case, it may be possible to gain info about the estate from that litigation.
Augray: I too have been wondering about the length of time this has been taking, given the assumption that the plan would have been to sell the house and split the proceeds among the siblings. One wonders how well those hillbillies are getting along now that one of them has the house and the rest of them are left with ... who knows?
Even if one of them has the house and the rest of them have what was left, that suggests that the estate has been settled, or is about to be. IANAL, but I know that estates can't stick around forever, and apparently the courts frown on settlement taking this long, unless there is a very good reason. And I very much doubt that this estate meets any of those criteria. So, I suspect shenanigans. Can Penny afford to buy the house from her siblings? I doubt it. So what's the financial arrangement? Who, or what legal entity, holds the mortgage or is collecting the rent? In the long-term, it can't be the estate, since that's not the legal purpose of an estate.
And as a side-note, I've recently heard that, in Ontario at least, you can't just have a yard sale of the contents of the estate. Although this does happen, it's not exactly kosher, as the executor is expected to have the contents appraised, so the heirs get their due. A yard sale would be a great opportunity for someone (an heir or otherwise) to get something on the cheap, and thus deprive someone else of their rightful inheritance. Or even just "cook the books" if everyone's in on it.
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