Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

My wife's sister was appointed executrix of their mother's estate. There are 10 children involved in the inheritance. One of their siblings, a brother, is refusing to sign documents that will complete the sale of her home, from which the proceeds will be split between the children. He has demanded that the executrix first agree to pay him an extra $2,500.00 (from her personal account). She agreed to the extortion so that the buyers of the home will not back out of the sell, causing the other children to lose their inheritance, which includes investments they made to get the home ready for sale. He claims to be doing this because he believes the executrix borrowed a large sum of money from their mother, which she adamantly denies and the other siblings do not believe this money was borrowed but that this is in-essense a ploy by the brother to extort the funds. Even if money had been borrowed in the past, by agreement between daughter and mother, the demand the brother is making does not make sense.
Question: "Can extortion/blackmail of this type be turned over to law enforcement for investigation?"
Thank you.

Asked on 9/25/10, 2:19 pm

Keith Engelke Law Office of S. Keith Engelke

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Anything can be complained about to the police or the district attorney. Whether charges are brought is a different matter.

Answered on 10/02/10, 9:29 am

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