After My Father’s Funeral, My Stepmother Left Me Behind and Claimed Everything—Then I Called the Number Dad Had Hidden in My Pocket

Then he claimed the date might have been entered incorrectly.

But the document was filed using that date.

The witnesses also became a problem.

One had done occasional work for Vanessa.

The other could not clearly explain when he had supposedly met Michael.

Then financial records surfaced.

A payment from an account Vanessa controlled had gone to Curtis less than a week after the will was filed.

That did not automatically prove wrongdoing.