I am not having a good experience with Ms. Dubrow. My father inherited money from his uncle and Phyllis is the attorney handling the estate. My father has since passed away and I am the executor to his estate. After getting an initial inheritance from his uncle, a final inheritance was to be sent.
My Aunt gave Ms. Dubrow my contact information in March '14. By July I started to wonder what was happening, so I got in touch with Ms. Dubrow.
Initially she indicated she would email me paperwork to complete so she could send the money to the attorney handling my father's estate. After a few days, I called back to follow up and she said she wanted to calculate the amount of taxes my father would owe on the inheritance. It sounded like she wanted to do this as a courtesy to me. But, since she said she would do it later the same day, I agreed to wait.
A few days later, still having received nothing from her, I followed up once again. This time she said she "must" do a tax return in order to issue the check. All of the other heirs to my father's uncle have received their final inheritance. Why is this one so special?
When I tried to get Ms. Dubrow to give me answers or a commitment on when I should expect something, she pushed back and eventually ended our phone call.
I can't understand why she is being so evasive. I have no choice but to tell people that my experience with this attorney is very poor. I am not her "client", but I am also not the adversary. My father passed away and his wife has dementia. This money will help take care of her.
I have a family and the money will help me and my family with our obligations. I don't think I should be treated this way. Could she be up to something? Why make such a big deal about releasing money from an escrow account? read more