That's really crazy, especially dealing with relatives. It's one thing gypping strangers, screwing over relatives is really short sighted.
The things that were going on with this relative were just mind bogglingly convoluted. I misstated his relation to me. He's a second cousin, son of a Great Uncle. Another great uncle and his wife got divorced due to the problems this second cousin created in the business involvements. So, in the settlement the divorcing great uncle settled by splitting up his business and awarding half to his wife who then turned it over to her daughter. This asshole went after the assets anyway and ended up getting most of the stuff by illegal means. The daughter ended up not only fighting him in court over lawsuits he set up but he also sent others after her. It didn't even end when he died of a heart attack because those he sent after her continued making outrageous claims in court. Thousands and thousands were wasted on attorneys. At her father's funeral, (suspicious accident that the asshole was intimately involved with) this fucker sent a stranger to serve yet another lawsuit. Yes. You've got that right. The daughter was served papers for the new lawsuit at the funeral. I was there.
One friend of the family confronted this asshole at the funeral and almost started a loud row which I stepped in and stopped, telling the person, "Hey, it's a funeral, we leave our personal conflicts outside. Right now, let's have a moment of peace and just do the funeral." So, right after the service the daughter is looking very upset and agitated so I go to her and ask her what's wrong and she tells me that this stranger who no one knew had walked up to her and served her papers the minute before. So the fucker brought his guy to the funeral to serve papers on the daughter. In a just world there should have been a second funeral a couple days later.
Man, imagine being the lawyer/process server who agreed to that. I wonder if he knew he was being brought to a funeral.
The only bright side is that people like that are their own punishment. As time goes on he'll only grow more isolated and alone.
Believe me, the man knew exactly what he was doing. He could have left at any time and chosen another method. People were asking me, "Who is that guy?" and I was saying, "I don't know, I think it's a friend of 'asshole' (named changed to protect the dead!)" When I figured out what had been done from the daughter I was like going through emotions. Outrage, disbelief, and then angry again. Who the fuck does this kind of shit??? Shyster lawyers, obviously.
When I had annulled my marriage to a scam/con artist her attorney was calling around all the time checking on my whereabouts and seeing if I was in town so he could file motions I wouldn't be able to attend. Haha, I had my attorney do things for me when I was out of time on projects. So he gave up that tactic and said they would give me back all my personal stuff the "wife" had stolen if I agreed to not go through with the annulment and instead let her have a divorce. This is pure extortion! Steal my personal belongings, gemstones, artwork, and my rifle and then say they'll give it back if I agree to their terms! My own attorney included the offer in my documents but I missed seeing it and only knew about it verbally. I mentioned this was extortion and I would be wanting some evidence in writing they had made such an offer. Stupid me, I didn't know I already had the evidence in the many papers I had gotten from my attorney. Then, at our next meeting with the "wife"s counsel my attorney demanded to have a private meeting with her attorney so they went into a room with soundproof windows.
I was suspicious as hell so I watched through the windows very closely. Being a construction worker we often can't hear each other and learn some basic lip reading. Not expert of course, but enough for some simple understanding. I clearly watched her speaking to him about extortion, warning him off. Ok. Professional courtesy. My greedy attorney had also fucked me by challenging the "wife" before proceedings were even really started. Clued her in enough she dumped her lame attorney and went and got a real shyster. Shyster vs. Shyster. For two years my own attorney refused to pursue my annulment as I requested until I was in her office and we were literally screaming at each other as her assistant ran out of the room in alarm. She suddenly realized I wasn't playing around with their games and I had just cause for an annulment and started taking notes. At that moment I breathed a sigh of relief. I had already won and knew it. However, my attorney still refused to do the paperwork to get my personal things back. The furniture and other household goods I didn't give a damn about. I mean, yes, it was shitty the woman just emptied out my condo but I can always get furniture. Personal stuff that means something to me takes years to replace. The artwork I lost, I can't replace. My rifle was an heirloom rifle I had paid for work on it to make it even better. My gemstone collection, well, I have better stuff now but I still kind of miss the other gems because of the work I put into the collection and where I found them. Like a very nice rough garnet I found in a used car I bought. A gold ring with diamonds I just chanced on in an abandoned house. It was just hanging on a nail.
Anyway, I got even with the attorney. She refused to file the papers to get my things and then had the nerve to ask about my final payment of $5,000.00. I told her to not worry, I'd pay her before I even paid my mortgage. The condo was crap, I was tired of the HOA fining me several times a week on made up crap, doubling my association fees and the HOA stole $7,000.00 from a repair account I had set up. I had set aside $14,000.00 per agreement and the bill for the first major repairs was half that. When I got paperwork they had taken the entire amount I was of course outraged.
I had already planned to walk away from the entire deal after months of issues. Attorney also never got paid off but I did win my annulment, so there's that. One thing I know about attorneys, they will always screw you for money, just like any whore but you won't like it. If you can get over on an attorney, it's a good day.
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