ok, i spoke to mil last night and she said this was a pension that was then held by trustees for the 4 children, there's been a bit of a complication tho, as his dad married a Thai woman a couple of years ago, and lived in Thailand until his death a few weeks ago, well apparently she's after a share of this money, don't know what's going to happen now tho, i'd have thought 3 houses and a new car would've been enough for her but evidently not....