In the night at 9:30 p.m., I had an online meeting with my attorney. At our last meeting, he told me my brother’s attorney sent the detailed of inheritance and their calculation of tax that my brother and I owe to the Japanese tax office. It was during my trip to Japan. I sensed that it was not an honest document. So intuitively thought I should wait until I come back to America. I didn’t want to ruin my fun days in Japan.
Even after I arrived at America, I was reluctant to see the document right away. I had been suffering from jet lag anyway so that I didn’t have enough time and energy to deal with it.
Then my attorney noticed that my brother sent a letter through his attorney, and it was conveyed to my attorney, then passed it to me.
These two notices were not present to see. My intuition was right.
The first letter was the calculation for our tax amount. My brother lied about the gift money before our late dad’s death. He received almost 1.5 times as I received, but he put his part as zero and put only mine, so that I need to pay more tax than him. The fact that he lied about the numbers made me feel uncomfortable.
The second letter was written by my brother’s attorney. It was a strong voice that my brother blamed me for leaving my dad’s company and not taking over his position. Also, the letter strongly insisted that all my late dad’s money belongs to my brother due to his efforts to support my dad’s company. In the second letter, he mentioned that he does not want to divide it equally. He suggested to give me only 25%. He threatens me if I don’t accept it, he would fight against me no matter how long it takes.
My attorney shared one of his past cases that he experienced. It was a similar case with us. In their case, it took 7 years until it settled down. The result was preferable one to the sister, and the brother lost. However, everybody wasted their precious time of 7 years.
I thought of it. If I fight in the court, I know the judge will give the instruction preferable to me that is divide it equally. But it takes years and extra cost to deal with the court.
I made my decision that I would let my brother win and take whatever he offers, even though it is not fair.
My attorney appeared to look being relieved of my final decision.
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