My dog is old, he's a boxer/coonhound and I'm hoping he makes it to see his 15th birthday at the end of October. He's still in pretty good shape, but his hips are declining, so we can't go for long walks anymore. I want to make him a bucket list of things to do before he crosses the rainbow bridge. Give me your best ideas.
I apologize ahead of time if I'm a bit all over the place.
My dad died back in October from liver cancer. He was diagnosed at the beginning of September and died October 19th, so there was not a lot of time to get his affairs in order.
He was living with his girlfriend of 5/6 years in a house that he had just bought. Right after his diagnosis she had him change his will and list her as the executor. I'm assuming in his state of mind that this was the best thing to do, trusting that she would make the right decisions. For the record, I was the original executor of his will.
Immediately after my dad died, a switch completely flipped in his girlfriend. I gave her the benefit of the doubt that she was grieving and just needed some time. My brother lived with them and she kicked him out. She took down everything that was his and had an estate sale. My dad was a welder and mechanic and had a lot of equipment. We offered to come help go through his things and she said she didn't want us there. Slowly she began ghosting us. Stopped showing up to family events, took a bunch of family off of her socials...etc.
We started hearing things through the grapevine. For example, she sold their house privately and was telling people she didn't want us to find out. I know she made a lot of money off that house because my dad had a big property with a beautiful house and got a really good deal on it. On top of all of the money from his estate, she also got his entire life insurance policy and his pension. I just don't understand how my dad's girlfriend of 5 years got his entire estate and his 3 children and 2 grandchildren,, who he loved and had a good relationship with, got absolutely nothing.
Also after my dad passed away, she did tell us at one point that there was a plan in place for us, but wouldn't tell us what it was. I recently messaged her to ask her about it and she's trying to tell me now that my dad didn't leave us anything, and what he wanted was clearly stated in his will, which basically just says that she is the executor and she is the one to make the decisions.
Honestly, it's not even really about the money, but about the fact that I know she is getting away with everything and I know that my dad would not have wanted this. Is there anything I can do to contest his will at this point? This is feeling like a black widow situation and I'm sick to my stomach about it.