[Rick Lee]

FWIW, when my mom was handling my grandmother's estate, my aunt was pretty hurting for the money, even though she had taken a loan out against her eventual inheritance and hadn't paid it off. But still, there was plenty of money coming back to my mom and my aunt. My mom thought it was all settled, sent her sister what was left of her half after deducting for the loan balance, and then months later, it turns out their estate lawyer had made an error and there was a sizable tax bill due. Of course, my aunt had already spent everything, while my mom didn't even need her half. But she was able to get my aunt to agree to kick in her half of the tax bill.