Hello, I'm absolutely rubbish regarding stocks or shares (or even if they are the same thing, I think they are stocks as they are not all in the same company but not sure). My grandad owned shares/stocks in a number of companies which upon his death were left to my mother and her two siblings. My mother has very recently died and my uncle took her death certificate to the company that deals with my grandad's stocks/shares (might be stockbroker I'm not sure) and the company took my mothers name off and have said that they are now owned by my aunt and uncle.
My aunt and uncle want to cash out the stocks/shares and give my mothers's part to me, but my stepdad is saying that they should go to him, not me as they are part of my mother's estate. Is this right? my uncle who is dealing with it all says that what stepdad says is not correct and as they are my grandad's they go between his surviving children. I think my uncle is getting legal advice but my stepdad keeps saying to me that they should go to him and I don't know what to say to him, I just keep saying that I don't know anything about stocks/shares, he keeps asking me how much they are worth and I've said I don't know because I haven't asked my uncle anything about how much they're worth, which I haven't but I doubt that they are a huge amount. My mother died suddenly and hasn't put anything about the shares in her will, but maybe that was because she also thought that they would just go to her brother and sister? I know that anything I say, even if it's legally correct, will not be believed by my stepdad but I'd like to know myself.
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