Is the brother entitled to take his mother's one-sixth share of her deceased brother's inheritance and deliver it directly to her, even though the deceased brother's wife refuses this and demands that the inheritance be collected until all of the father's properties are sold, and the remainder of the deceased brother's share is handed over to his heirs, knowing that he is a general proxy for his mother in her husband's inheritance and a proxy for his brothers and sisters in their father's inheritance?
The estate of the deceased brother is to be divided among his heirs: his mother, his wife, and his children. The mother receives one-sixth, his wife receives one-eighth, and the remainder goes to his children, with the male receiving the share of two females. His estate must be inventoried and divided after settling his debts and executing his will, if one exists. His share from his father's estate is included if the father died before him. If there are assets that can be divided now, such as cash, they must be divided if any of the heirs requests it. Your husband's mother is entitled to one-eighth of her husband's estate, and her share must be given to her. The principle is to promptly divide the estate immediately after the death of the deceased. Delaying the division without the consent of the adult, mature heirs is an injustice and a wrongful appropriation of wealth.
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