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Name removed — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:22:33 +0000

[The following comment, from a relative of an interested party, has been edited to remove personal details.]
This undertaking has been stressful, frustrating, and expensive. To this day [there has not been a] full accounting of what was in the estate, where it went, or how it has been recorded. This could have been settled years ago [with cooperation]. I can see why the judges have been frustrated and why they could seem to be biased. I think bias itself did not play into anything. I think they had seen the truth. Unfortunately the law is such that there are too many outs available. It is very frustrating that we can not get to the bottom of this. I guess the only comfort in this is that although [the testator’s] wishes may not be satisfied, in the end, there will be nothing left for the [beneficiaries]. There may be justice after all.

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