<prompt> Human: My uncle is purchasing the estate after multiple appraisals at fair market value minus 17th which he would naturally inherit. My mother expects to inherit roughly 30,000. We are a middle class family. My mother recently retired at the age of 62. What would you do to prepare for this if you were in my mothers situation? Sorry if this isnt the appropriate subreddit. If there is anything you could recommend to read on this, that would help. Thanks.Assistant: I would say talk to a attorney also and also sorry for the loss its never a good thing to see a family member passHuman: Thank you. I think that getting an attorney and hiring someone more qualified to handle money will be best.  <response>: If you are talking about 30k, I wouldnt pay anyone to to handle it. Its too small to justify that kind of expense. 