3 STRANGE OBJECTS OF INHERITANCE
When a person dies, it’s not uncommon for the inheritance they leave to their heirs to contain money, a house, or maybe a business or a nice car. However, with all their eccentricities, people can also sometimes leave behind objects of inheritance that are … unconventional to say the least. These are some of the strangest objects left behind for heirs to find and figure out how to handle. AN OLD PAIR OF PANTS You might be forgiven if you were a little confused if a loved one passed away and left you only a pair of jeans. However, what if the jeans they left behind were worth $100,000? YOUWON’T BELIEVE WERE LEFT BEHIND
reptiles for a private zoo he ran on his property — until he died without leaving a will. A custody battle ensued between multiple parties over who would control the vast collection, which included pit vipers, boa constrictors, and even a pair of endangered Orinoco crocodiles. A WINERY Leaving a business behind to a child or relative isn’t all that strange. But leaving a winery to an 8-year-old? Now that’s a little more unusual. Pascal Brooks was 13 years shy of the legal drinking age when his father passed away at the young age of 38. Even though Pascal’s father made him the sole owner, his aunt stepped in to run things until he came of age. He’s now grown up and running his father’s winery, which would no doubt make him proud. Whether you’re leaving behind classic cars, baseball cards, arrowheads, or museum-quality bones is up to you. But if you want to make sure your estate plan makes the transfer of those items of inheritance easy, we can help with that. Call REIBLAW today at 940.591.0600 to learn how we can help.
That’s what happened when one man inherited a pair of Levi’s made in 1893, making them the oldest known pair of unworn jeans, and the holy grail for any clothing collector. In fact, they were sold for $100,000 in 2018 to an anonymous Levi’s collector in Southeast Asia.
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Many people collect weirder things than articles of denim, however. One man, Karel Fortyn of Ontario, Canada, collected
ONE-PAN APPLE CIDER CHICKEN
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• 4 tsp
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
olive oil, divided
• 1 tsp salt, divided
• 3 sweet apples, cut into 1/2-inch slices
• 1/2 tsp black pepper, divided
• 1/2 cup apple cider
• 2 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped, plus more for garnish
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
DIRECTIONS
and cover with foil. Wipe the skillet clean.
1. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Set aside. 2. In a small bowl, combine apple cider and mustard. Set aside. 3. In a large skillet over medium heat, warm 2 tsp olive oil. When shimmering, add chicken thighs top-side down. Cook for 4 minutes, then flip and cook for 4 more minutes. Transfer to a plate
4. Heat the remaining oil in the skillet, then add sliced apples, remaining salt and pepper, and rosemary. Cook for 5 minutes. 5. Return the chicken to the skillet and add apple cider-mustard
mixture. Cook for 5 minutes, then serve sprinkled with rosemary!
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