You remind me of the people who foolishly made a lawyer the administrator of their estate.
In the 18th and 19th Century, a father who died,intestate, and had a decent estate and left minor children. created a problem, If he had a son of age (16 in colonial south) then the rules of primogeniture applied, and the eldest son inherited the es…
You remind me of the people who foolishly made a lawyer the administrator of their estate.
In the 18th and 19th Century, a father who died,intestate, and had a decent estate and left minor children. created a problem, If he had a son of age (16 in colonial south) then the rules of primogeniture applied, and the eldest son inherited the estate, but if the children were minors they were considered orphans, even though the mother lived,
and the estate would devolve to the oldest orphan.
Then people would line up to be made guardian. After posting a a bond, the guardian would then have access to the estate, and would use it as an ATM. I've perused probate records in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia and have seen copies of bills levied against an estate by a guardian for a variety of goods, most of them obviously specious.
My 3rd great grandfather became guardian of his brothers orphaned (youngest) child a girl of seven who inherited her fathers female slave and child, he subsequently married his brothers widow.
You remind me of the people who foolishly made a lawyer the administrator of their estate.
In the 18th and 19th Century, a father who died,intestate, and had a decent estate and left minor children. created a problem, If he had a son of age (16 in colonial south) then the rules of primogeniture applied, and the eldest son inherited the estate, but if the children were minors they were considered orphans, even though the mother lived,
and the estate would devolve to the oldest orphan.
Then people would line up to be made guardian. After posting a a bond, the guardian would then have access to the estate, and would use it as an ATM. I've perused probate records in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia and have seen copies of bills levied against an estate by a guardian for a variety of goods, most of them obviously specious.
My 3rd great grandfather became guardian of his brothers orphaned (youngest) child a girl of seven who inherited her fathers female slave and child, he subsequently married his brothers widow.