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What should you do if your sibling isn't in your parent's will?

March 30, 2012: 10:58 PM ET

Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here's your chance.

In MONEY magazine's "Readers to the Rescue" department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here's our latest reader question:

What's the proper thing to do in the case of a parent leaving your sibling out of a will?

Got a good answer? Submit it to us in the form below. We'll publish selected reader advice in an upcoming issue. (Your answer may be edited for length and clarity.) Please include your contact information so we can get in touch; if we use your advice in the magazine, we'd like to check with you first, and possibly run your picture as well.

Thanks!


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