Dear CB:

Your story then is a testimony as to why we people should legal-proof our lives best we can so to see to it that we don’t invest years of time and resources and then end up not enjoying the fruits of our labors. For example, if you arranged with your ex’s parents (who are not your parents in law, as you refer to them, because there has been no legal anything), to be legally entitled to some inheritance, then you would now benefit from some of your hard labor of years.

If there is any possible legal remedy for your situation, seek it, I say.

anita