They might be able to help you find no cost or low cost help.

Good luck.

You need a lawyer. What for? Give us a clue, or simply do some research on line or with local legal aid.

If your problem is something you need to be able to pay an attorney up front for and you have no many, you are out of luck. If it's the kind of thing that attorneys work on percentage for, you're good.

Says the former paralegal, although nothing I say can be construed as legal advice.

If you have spoken to contingent-fee plaintiffs lawyers, and none of them are interested, then that is often a reliable indicator that your case is neither simple nor likely to result in significant monetary damages.

I practice in a relatively obscure and specialized area, but still get countless inquiries from persons who beleive someone has wronged them in some way which entitles them to fantastic riches, when often what they have is a dispute over five dollars.

It is unfortunate that media fosters a belief that every slight or wrongdoing is a ticket to fabulous wealth, but you’d be amazed with the kind of things that lawyers often hear from those who are of that bent.

I’m not suggesting that is your situation, since I have no idea what your situation might be, but given that advertisements for contingent fee litigators are virtually impossible to avoid in virtually any jurisdiction, it is hard to believe you cannot find one.

I hope whatever is going on, they get good advice and find a way to prevent further damages at least.

Some law schools have low-cost or free practice clinics where students work under the supervision of lawyers. If there's a law school near you, try checking there.

They are usually like $30 a month. Google Individual legal plans for ones that you can join. In our state there is Legal Shield or Legal Club. I believe there is also Hyatt Legal Plan. I would suggest you check the reviews for these plans and look at what they include and the quality of the attorneys in the plan. All include free or reduced consultations. Good luck!

I have yet to get a lawyer to even take it for consideration on a po bono or contingency basis.

It is Texas estate law so I've tried contacting attorneys in that state. I'm in Oregon and disabled - no family to help etc..

This is a nightmare and it never seems to stop. I re-read his will & I strongly believe we have been defrauded to the tune of millions by my Sepmother. I highlited the pertinent parts but not being a lawyer I'm pretty I'm going to be bowled over by the person I talk to.I have to try.

I was told long ago to let it go there is nothing you can do.


I wish to everything I could. I have a family and my responsibility is to provide for them and help for the future. Having a family heritage behind you-and the financial security that typically bears-is something they deserve.

My father threw us away when he signed that will many years ago. I bet when he lay dying in agony-for 17 hours-and nobody tried to help him-he might have realized putting his new wife in charge of his estate might have been a mistake. And Fuck yeah Dad you fucking blew it. My father betrayed us & I will never forgive him.

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The bottom line is you are probably right and I have been told that while it does appear "you got screwed"-a legal term-that because of the time past precedent has been set.

I can not see how that was legal as we were never given any chance to state our case in court and we trusted what we were told as children.

Wells Fargo inherited the trust about 14 years ago when they took over a small Texas bank that held it previously.

Edit to add:

The current situation is the stepmother has been allowed to drain the trust to a point it is not likely to be able to mantain payments to her without collapsing the account eventually.

In this market I can not believe they have lost over 600K and we are down to less than that as a total now. In 1973 it was about 2 Mill.

There are many turns where we got screwed-and we were never able or present-sometimes not even aware-for those changes.

My argument to WF is they have mis managed the account so badly it can not last her potential lifetime. She maybe 80+ but she's mean & I met great Grand parents of hers-in the 100's-when they were married in 1972.

I'm probably not going to outlive her so I can relieve myself on her grave. That is really all I have to look forward to. But I thought there should be something left that would go to my children. They have allowed her to hide a multi million dollar property the trust paid for etc...Like I said-nightmare.

I just want justice. I want to know how my father really died. I want to know if his death was a accident as I now doubt everything I was told back then. They lied to my fathers mother & us children. No parent ever tried to help us even my Mom. She was worried about her alimony payments I guess.

Considering my abilities I think I did rather well & the language used in my fathers will is fairly plain. I was on speakerphone so probably legal in the room.The only thing I have going for me is the wording in the will-and possibly the fact it was administered by a bank they took over. So the people in the room could hopefully look for responsibility without blaming themselves-wherein I would never stand a chance.

And I'm pretty sure I'll get nowhere but I did my best. Figured I'd post a follow.


Hail Mary-Away!