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I'm just trying to answer questions....
The house is probably in a trust. It does not "belong" to Bob or his deceased wife. It belongs to the joint trust they made.
Yes; in the case of a trust; it would be Bob's 1/2.
Pretty sure I read that his deceased wife had money too. My guess is that when it was written; it was written to protect what they owned jointly to go to who they originally wanted it to which could be any combination of the daughters & any grand kids. Bob was smart with money & it's my opinion that he probably protected what he left to his daughters or grandson from being used as a marital asset in case of a divorce; so it was put in a trust with each child as beneficiary with it written that it is not to be considered as marital property if any of the daughters were to divorce. It would also protect the surviving spouse from marrying & divorcing & having that exspouse sue for their share.
Put yourself in Bob & G's shoes when they wrote it. For all we know it was done before G got sick. It could have been Bob that passed 1st. Bob may not have wanted the marital money going to anyone G remarried after he passed. For all we know; the 3 kids may not even get the same share. They could have set it up so that one got more because they were living closer & more involved in their lives. It's also possible that they get a set amount with the rest going to charity. If it was me doing something like this; I'd want to provide for my kids if there was anything left when I passed.
I'm pretty sure that once one of the joint writers of the will has passed; it can't be changed to remove people from the deceased person's will; but they may be able to change their own to add or remove people from their 1/2. It's so very complicated & depends on how it was done to begin with. Some make a joint will while some make their own that says the same thing.
My guess is that Bob adding F to his will means she would have her own trust set up or be added as another beneficiary of his 1/2 of the existing one. Without seeing his documents it's pretty hard to know.
Yes, it is my understanding it was Bob's half while Georgia was still living. Upon her death the bypass trust was a tax shelter and both the bypass and survivors trusts were to be combined.
Georgia's will was filed in March 2008, long before Bob chose to remarry. If GH had willed any portion of her half upon her death to her daughters, why wouldn't it have been distributed in 2008?
I guess the question then becomes what exactly did Georgia will her daughters? What exactly were Georgia's wishes with regards to what the daughters claim to be fighting for? Are they fighting for what GH left in her will to her daughters or for something else?
I'm going to guess the answers to the questions surrounding the trust/will will go the same route as the timeline, in fact I'll bet on it. And if that is the case, again, ask yourselves why Bob's daughters are unwilling to fully and honestly disclose what they are allegedly fighting for.