The judge is tired of it being on his docket. 

My grandparents had a $1 million estate. I work about 50 hours a week and still struggle to make ends meet. All of our homes are paid off. My grandma died almost a year ago, and the probate lawyers have been on my mom’s case to collect the necessary documents to settle the estate because the judge is tired of it being on his docket.

to make ends meet : 숙어책이 자주 나오는 표현으로 ‘끝을 맞춘다’고 하여 겨우 생계를 이어나간다는 말과 같다.

the judge is tired of it being on his docket. : 판사가 도킷(케이스번호) 서류를 끼고 시간을 질질 끌고 있다.

the judge is tired that it is being on his doket 을 한 문장으로 표현한 것으로 that 을 쓰지 않는 이유는 자신의 주관적인 생각이기 때문이다. 주관적일 때는 of 를 써서 두개의 문장을 연결할 수 있다.

The lawyer told me to inform my mom, who is in her 70s, that the judge will send a constable to her door if she does not hurry up and settle the estate. My mom is the executor and gets 80% of the estate, while I get 20%. She is in poor health herself, but has gone on a spending frenzy. She bought herself an expensive car and has done a ton of remodeling on her home.

The lawyer told me to inform my mom : 시간적 순서로 하자면 told me to have informed my mom 으로 (had informed 과거완료) 했을거 같은데 그냥 과거시제로 일치 시켰다. (글자 수 를 더 줄이는 효과),

기초문법 : to 부정사 뒤에 원형동사를 써야 하니까 to had informed 가 아니라 to have informed 가 됨.

has gone on a spending frenzy : 광적으로 지출을 했다.(go on a spending frenzy)

the judge will send a constable to her door :  사건경위서 편지를 보낸다는 표현 send a letter to her , 편지를 문앞에 던져둔다는 식으로 표현.

constable 사건 경위 또는 조서

When I asked what happened to one of the bank accounts with half a million in it, she said, “I spent it.” I asked what she spent it on, and she said, “Grandma’s bills, and some other stuff.” She has a shopping addiction. If I ask for any money, she gets irate and tells me that I work, and makes digs at my husband and me.

기초문법 : half a million (반 백만불=50만불)

spend it on (어디에 썼냐고 뒤에 on 붙임)

위에서 자주 나오는건 on 인데 돈 쓰는데에는 다 on 을 쓸 수 있다.

She is dragging her heels on carrying out her duty, and I worry there won’t be any of my inheritance left. What can I do? Should I call our lawyers back? Can she get into trouble? I wouldn’t want this, but as a disabled person who works three jobs and still struggles to support her four kids, we definitely could use our cut.

She is dragging her heels on carrying out : 힐을 질질 끈다 = 늑장을 부린다는 말이다.  drag heels on 까지 쓴다.

carrying out : 이행한다는 타동사로 보면 되고, 보통 동사뒤에 전치사가 붙으면 이것이 전치사인지 부사인지 구분해야 하는데 carry out 뒤에 명사가 오니 이것은 부사로 볼 수 있다. carryout 으로 보는 눈이 필요하다.

Waiting for Mom

Dear Waiting,

Your mother has no legal right to spend money from your grandmother’s estate, or delay indefinitely probate on her estate. In fact, she has a fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries, and you can petition the probate court to compel her to start probate, or remove her as executor. She has proven herself unwilling and/or incapable of performing her duties.

act in the best interests of the beneficiaries :

act in the best interests : 관용어구의 일종으로 그냥 이렇게 써야 하는 관용어들이 많다. 앞으로는 관용어구로 표현.

the best interests of the beneficiaries 뒤 of 는 = 동격이다.the best interests = the beneficiaries 으로 앞의 말을 설명해주는 명사는 of 뒤에 붙여준다.

영어에서 이런 표현은 많다. 명사 of 명사 는 명사 = 명사

Most courts require a probate bond, which acts as an insurance policy against the executor of a will or an administrator of an estate misappropriating funds. “All probate bonds basically ‘guarantee’ that any outstanding debts of the estate will be satisfied and all remaining assets will be distributed as per the deceased’s wishes, or based on state law,” according to Lissner & Lissner LLP.

Most courts require a probate bond, which acts as an insurance policy against the executor : a probate bond 가 무엇인지에 대해서 뒤에 설명을 해 준다.

유산 집행인이 돈을 갖고 자기 마음대로 쓰는것을 막기 위한 보험이 바로 probate bond = insurance policy against the executor , 여기서 the executor 는 엄마를 지칭하기 때문에 the 가 붙은것이다.

Legal intervention will help your mother. Shopping addiction is often a way for people to avoid feeling anxiety or sadness, but it only works for a short period of time, so it becomes a vicious cycle. This need to escape trumps any short- or long-term consequences. Some even see it as a form of internet addiction. Your mom’s addiction has been exacerbated by access to your grandmother’s cash.

Legal intervention : 법률적 개입

‘The longer you wait, the bigger a hole your mother will dig for herself, and the more money will be spent from your inheritance.’

If a judge removes your mother as executor? “The court will force the executor to return the money to the estate or pay restitution to the beneficiaries of the estate,”

pay restitution to the beneficiaries of the estate : 여기서 말하는 restitution 은 원상복귀를 의미한다. 돈을 원래 있든 그 금액으로 복귀하도록 pay 하라는 의미.

according to the Law Offices of Albert Goodwin, a New York-based attorney. The court might order her to pay for the attorneys’ fees rather than using funds from your grandmother’s estate to pay for these attorney’s fees, the firm suggests.

Your mother is just managing your grandmother’s estate, and has no right to help herself and act with zero accountability. If an executor uses the estate’s money for their own purposes or transfers estate money to their self, they are considered by the law to be taking everyone’s money, not just their own, Goodwin adds. “Estate money does not belong to the executor,” the law firm says.

they are considered by the law to be taking everyone’s money : taking 은 훔치다는 의미이다. 남의 물건을 훔칠 때 take 를 쓴다.

Was your mother a co-signer or co-owner on your grandmother’s bank accounts? If she was a co-signer, she has no right to access this money. The longer you wait, the bigger a hole your mother will dig for herself, and the more money will be spent from your inheritance. Standing on the sidelines and exchanging sharp words with your mother is no longer an option.

co-signer : 보증인