Ask Amy: Brothers’ estrangement becomes a tangle over father’s money

Dear Amy: My brother and I are both in our 70s. We’ve only spoken once in the last three years.

We lived miles apart for much of our lives, but still kept in touch.

After our father passed, our mother sold their home. My father had previously told my brother that when they sold the house, he wanted to give a certain amount of money to each of us.

Our mother did not honor our father’s wishes, but did give us each a smaller amount. Years later she deposited a good sum of money into his account but asked him not to tell me.