Lawyers and Banks.... GRRRRRRR!

Just a short post to allow me to vent over the events of the past week! On Monday we received the cheque from my wife's late grandmother's lawyer. It turned out to be uncertified, AND he sent it regular mail! How stupid is that??? But, because the cheque wasn't certified (SHOULD have been a bank draft for that large an amount) our bank wouldn't accept it! After my wife argued with the bank manager for a full 1/2 hour, the bank manager agreed to take it, but was going to put a hold on the funds for 45 days!!!!! We walked out of there in a hurry! We eventually went to the local credit union, where, in exchange for becoming a member... no big deal, we used to be members of the credit union where we used to live,... the manager there agreed to try to get the lawyer to wire the funds directly to our account. As of Friday morning... the credit union manager has made 4 phone calls, and 3 emails to the lawyer, all of which have gone unanswered!!! AAAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! So, we have a piece of paper that is worth nothing to us right now!!! To make matters more difficult, Northern Ireland is 5 hours ahead of us, so we can only make calls there before noon our time!! I AM NOT AMUSED!!!!! Oh yeah, one more thing... from what we understand, there is still a sizable chunk of Granny's estate being withheld by the lawyer to pay his fees and the Irish taxes! So it's not like he's not getting paid to deal with us or anything!!! Hopefully this week will have better results!