If a man dies without a will, and his widow refuses to relinquish sentimental items to his children, what are their options?

[Anonymous]

Items such as guns (he bought), pictures, and war medals (family heirlooms). We have asked for them, and she evades saying she isn’t ready to move on.

She also has had the whole house wired with cameras for years with sound. She has also started dating again not 2 months later…yet isn’t ready to move on 🙄

I have looked online on attorney advice webpages and they say that in MI, there isn’t much an attorney can do for sentimental things without titles. They suggest appealing to her humanity…

Any specific script/advice you might suggest that may work in this situation?

Updates

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***Said widow is the wife of my deceased uncle.

[WhitneySnow]

I would trust the attorney advice webpages. They’re lawyers and they probably have better advice than random people on GAG. Plus you really don’t wanna go suing your family without a really good reason.

[exitseven]

I take it this woman is not your mother. If it is not specified in the will there is not much you can do. It sucks but it happens all the time.

[Asker]

LOL no…I should have specified-thank you for bringing that to my attention.
*sigh* okay, thank you for your response.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Anonymous]

They can challenge her in court.