my brother is the executor of my fathers estate. he passed away in march. He had a house and we have it on the market to sell. he also had s...

Question

my brother is the executor of my fathers estate. he passed away in march. He had a house and we have it on the market to sell. he also had some money and a car. my brother will not release any funds but took the car(valued at approx $10k) and gave it to his daughter to drive. Is he legally allowed to do this without giving something to me and my sister to keep things somewhat equal?

Thanks

Laura

Answer

The better practice is to make distributions to beneficiaries in equal amounts and to do so at the same time. He also should not have made a distribution to his daughter [self-dealing] unless everyone else approved it.