Q: Step mother died the. My father died 17 hr. Later
When they married her 2 children were grown and out of the house. They never lived with my father and nothing was ever in their mothers name. There was a joint account that only my dads money went into and the bills were paid from and she had her own account that her money went in and she spent. We tried to close that with her sons and split the $2,000 and change but could not. She was listed as 1/2 beneficiary and my sister and I 1/2 for his IRA. We gave them everything that was their mothers. now her 2 children that my father never raised are claiming under N.J.S.A 3B:3-32 they are entitled to 1/2 of everything my dads IRA. The house didn’t have her name on it but it’s a reverse mortgage so they can HAVE it! However the IRA and life insurance were already paid to my sister and I.There was no will.
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