Q: A few years ago, several close relatives told me my mother died. I just found out that she's alive. Can I sue for this?
My mother was part of this scheme. A few years ago, I discovered she was involved in some illegal activity and that she had also defrauded my late father's estate. My mother was his ex-wife and I was his only legal heir, but being only 19, I knew nothing about very significant financial assets my father had. My mother knew about them and proceeded to steal them from the estate with the help of several immediate family members and a close friend. I eventually found out and she then faked her own death to keep me from reporting her to law enforcement. My half-brother, who took part in both schemes, just confirmed that she is alive. I applied very significant pressure on him for over a year to get him to admit this after I discovered her name had never appeared on the Social Security Death Index and became suspicious. Surely, there must be some sort of civil damages I can pursue for this vile behavior. Perhaps intentional infliction of emotional distress or something along those lines?
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