Lots of Random Things......

I want an opinion from a couple of people, and a few of you may know what you are talking about.  It concerns a legal matter, and for that reason I won't be naming any names.  The situation is as follows:

When Brittany's mother passed away she was still a minor.  So all of the money from insurance and various other things were put in a trust fund under directions for Brit not to get these funds until she was 25.  Brit's stepdad was named the Executor of the estate and was therefore in charge of all the money that Brittany was due.  Stepdad(as we will call him), talked Brit into giving him a portion of the money, the amount isn't important, just know it was alot.  I wa against it, but Brit is extremely non-confrontational when it comes to family, and even though she really didn't want to, she allowed him to take some of the money.  We also took a portion of the money and purchased a car, because at the time the only vehicle we had was a Ford Ranger pickup, and you can't really transport a family with a Ranger.  

Fast Forward to now.  Stepdad is still the executor of the estate, but we have had VERY limited contact with him over the last 18 months.  We haven't seen him since last Christmas, and haven't talked to him since March.  He had gotten engaged to his girlfriend, and last we heard, he had retired from his job, moved to GA, and remarried.  He didn't tell us himself, we only heard it from other family.  Brit tried to call last week to get his new address so that we could mail him an invitation to Channing's Birthday party.  Apparently......his number has been changed.  Brit thought this was weird, so she tried to call his mom to get his new number and left a message.  She waited a week and still hadn't received a call back from the mom.  Finally, she called her again, and happened to get her.  She was acting very strange on the phone, almost like she didn't want to talk to Brittany.  And here is the kicker, when Brittany asked for Stepdad's new number, she refused to give it to her!  I mean, she just outright refused to give us his number OR address.  Her response was, "You'll have to talk to him about that."  How can we talk to him about not having his number........when we don't have his number or any other way to contact him?!  Needless to say it was a very awkward situation.  Brit was really upset by it.  

And so the question I post to you guys is this.......do we have a legal foot to stand on to request one of two things:

1) We receive the funds, as Brit is of age now, and the wishes of the will weren't carried out as written anyway, because some money from the funds has already been paid out.

2) A new executor is named and that person would be responsible for the funds.

I just don't understand why all of a sudden he would want to cut ties with us.  We had a rather heated disagreement a few years back while we were selling our house, but that was almost three years ago.  Everything was fine up until last year, so I don't get it.  If he really wants to cut ties with us, those funds have to be dealt with.  I don't want to think that he would try to take that money, but at this point it wouldn't surprise me.  

Other less stressful things....

• We finally watched Pan's Labryinth, and it was amazing.  The visuals were amazing, and the actress that played Ofelia was fantastic.
• The new Iron Man trailer came out last week, and it was more than I expected from a teaser trailer.  This is my must see movie of next year.
• Big games this weekend for AU and UA.  If you are a Barner, and you don't think this game is important, you are crazy.  I think Auburn will win rather easily, but if they lose.....AU will be looking for another coach.  Bama is favored 4 points over Arky, and most experts are picking them to win.  I don't get it, I haven't seen anything in the first two games that tells me Bama is capable of beating a Top 20 team right now.  I hope they prove me wrong.
• Work sucks, still.
• I went on an interview with a church for a full-time position yesterday, and we had a pretty good conversation.  There group is between 50-60 kids, but they still only have one Sunday School class??  I thought that was weird, but who am I to judge.  Just pray for me that I will have the wisdom to know if it is where God is taking me, and the courage to say no if it's not.  
• Channing is really sick.  You parents out there understand this.  When your kids are sick, it is a terrible feeling.  I hope she gets better soon, I don't know if my heart can take too much more of her mopeing around.

That's all I have.  Those with legal knowledge, please help me out on this.