Dear Graham Norton: 'My sister is hanging on to a legacy that's not rightfully hers'

Graham Norton
Dear Graham Norton: 'My sister is hanging on to a legacy that's not rightfully hers' Credit: Andrew Crowley/Ned Joliffe

Dear Graham

Three years ago my two sisters, J and G, and I received an inheritance when my parents passed away, a modest sum of £3,000 each. G lived out of the UK and had no UK bank, so J offered to pay it into her account. I was the executor so I duly paid both sisters' shares to J, expecting that she would get the cash out for G next time she was in the country.

For whatever reason, that didn't happen: G didn't ask for it. Now, though, she is back living in the UK. She has asked J for the cash, but J has been evasive: avoiding a reply, then saying she doesn't know, then changing the subject. This has happened a few times.

There is no financial reason why repayment cannot happen: J and her husband...

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