Hello I was wondering what advice you can give me on this matter. I am 25 years old and on my last birthday when I first turned 25 in July and July is coming up soon when I turn 26. When I first turned 25 I was supposed to receive my inheritance and when the trust was first issued after my grandfather had passed I was very young obviously a minor at the time and had a separate lawyer from the rest of my siblings. And ive asked my mother what happened a couple of years before she had said that they used the money to pay off the lawyer that was not the one i saw when i was younger however I do know that since I was a minor and had a separate lawyer they can't take the money out only until I am 25 the age my grandfather set it up and I think that may be a lie and someone forged my signature in order to receive the money and I do rennet my sister saying that the trust was also set up for school tuition purposes or whichever. Also on a separate issue when I was 17 I got into a car accident and sued the drivers car insurance and it was the same lawyer who I think let my mother and brother forge my signature he was a lawyer who he only gets money if he wins the case. And after 2 years he settled the case and my mother showed me a check of only $10,000 but was from the lawyers personal check which I had found fishy and think that it couldn't have only been $20,000 only settled for felt it was more and maybe my mother and brother were lying then years later she tells my sister it was more and the noney that was given $10,000 some of it was supposed to go towards my car and some in the bank no money was put towards any of this so I don't know what to do can I fight it What can I do and right now I an unemployed can I find a pro bono lawyer that will help or what should I do ?
1 Answer from Attorneys
You probably won't find a pro bono to handle a case like this. If a structured settlement was reached on your behalf, then the money should have been safeguarded. If the money is gone, then someone may have forged your signature. If it's worth it to you to find out and possibly recover your money, it's probably worth hiring a lawyer to help you.
Good luck!
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