My Dad recently passed away in Dec 2015. He had a trust set up back in 2007 leaving each beneficiary a portion of his estate in the trust. Prior to having this trust set up, my Dad, quit deeded his home to me in 1997 asking me not to file the deed until his death, which I did. I found out later that my Dad had two other quit deeds in a lock box at his bank where he wrote on these two quit deeds that he wanted me to receive a set amount of money each year from the date of the quit deeds (1997) until his death (2015). Why he wrote this on two separate quit deeds and witnessed by two people is a mystery considering a quit deed is for transfer of real property. The problem I have according to the Estate attorney for my Dad's trust, is that he never made mention of this in his trust. So, my question is, are my Dad's wishes (what he wrote on the quit deeds) legally enforceable?
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