I'm using a throwaway to distance myself from my real reddit account.
So, my grandfather died almost 3 years ago from lung cancer. My grandfather was quite wealthy and owned a pretty well off business. I won't put number down here but he had in the range of 9 figures to his name when he died. His fortune was recent as well, his business did not take off until he was well into his 60's so our family was fairly new to money. My extended family is, complicated to say the least because of this. Many of them came out of the woodwork's to just get a split when he died. My grandfather had two kids, my father and his sister. Apparently my aunt had not had contact with her father for almost 20 years by the time he died. Growing up my father and grandfather just assumed she was dead, and even if she was alive she was dead to them (long, long story that's not relevant.) Because of this, I was the only grandchild in the picture (mom had ovarian cancer after I was born. Fuck cancer by the way).
Well, when my grandfather died he left his business to my dad and split money among the extended family. My grandfather also left me a fairly large trust (8 figure) trust to be given to me over 40 years on the condition I attend and graduate college. I started college this last year and the money has begun to be released to me.
Well, in January my aunt appeared out of nowhere. She out of the blue decided to make amends with my father and the family and "reunite with everyone". From what my dad says it's extremely clear that she's here because she heard my grandfather was wealthy and wants to get whatever scraps she can. She was never mentioned in the will and every single dollar was already divided among the family so it seemed she was out of luck. Except for she thinks she deserves something. Over the past few months she has been trying to convince the family to give her "a fair share" with no success. She even attempted to talk my father into giving her half of the business so it can be "run by the family" despite having no knowledge of how to run it.
This is where my trust comes in. Recently she has set her sights on me and has been contacting me asking for money. My father got tired of it really quick and told her to leave me alone. Well, last week she contacted me and said that if I don't "sign the trust over to her I will be sued". My dad says she's full of shit but on friday a lawyer called me to inform me that I am being sued. My father has also been informed by the settlor that my sister is also suing him and that my father is also being sued. Her claim is that I somehow coerced my grandfather into giving me the money and it's rightfully her's.
My aunt called me last night to tell me that I'm "fucked". She has also began sending me a string of strange texts where she brags how she's going to "ruin me for taking what's hers".
My father says to let him handle it but i'm fucking terrified right now. I have no idea how stuff like this works and wan't to know everything I can. My dad says he's already contacting an attorney but I have some questions still. How likely is this to go to court. Does my Aunt have a case? What can I expect going into this? Thank you so much.
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