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MTL;DR: Father passed away last year, I was on a career break since 2021, broke into my savings, exhausted said savings, met the lawyer for execution of the will, I’m asked to pay for his fees. I have 0 money, unable to sell the property due to a case filed by the apartment builder and seller of the land. Would like to know if there’s a way to postpone the payment to a later time when I have some money. Extremely difficult to manage day-to-day necessities, any advice is appreciated.
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Long story: I was on a career break for close to 4½ years as I was taking care of my father’s health. Countless hospital visits, doctor consultations and diagnostic tests later, he passed away in November due to a heart attack. I used to work at a startup in Bangalore before moving to my hometown. In Feb ’22, I broke into my savings (around ₹36L at the time) and used it for his medical expenses and also for my day-to-day expenses like groceries, food and other utilities.
After he passed away, I barely had any money. The funeral and related expenses took most of it away and I had to bribe the authorities to even get his death certificate. I met my father’s lawyer (a fairly friendly person, somewhere around 55 or 56 years old)for the first time in Dec. He helped me with getting the death certificate too. After that, the last will was executed and then he helped me with transferring ownership of assets as per my father’s last will. It took around 3 months to finish the entire process.
I’m asked to pay his fees now (amounting close to a lakh). The lawyer knows my situation, but insists that he should be paid for the services rendered. I’ve got absolutely no money with me now (except for EPS, which I can’t withdraw) and I’ve been in this bad financial situation from around 2½ weeks now. It’s so bad that I’m not even joking when I say that I walk around town late in the night to just see if some restaurant or the other has thrown away food, just so that I can eat some food. I’ve got interviews lined up, but a lot of the receuiters just ghost me because of the career break.
Is there a way to stall or postpone the lawyer’s fees to the lawyer at the moment so that I can pay it when I start earning some money? Does anyone have any experience similar to this situation? It’d be really helpful if someone can suggest a way to go about this situation. So far, my request to postpone the payment has not been accepted and he insists on paying it immediately.
Thanks in advance!
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P.S.: The catch with selling off my dad’s apartment (which is now transferred to me) is that the land on which the building is built on has an ongoing case between the builder and the seller, so ever since the case was filed, I and some other people who are trying to sell our apartments are not able to.
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HTalk to your lawyer frankly and explain him your situation. Tell him that you are looking for buyers for the property and will pay him his fees as soon as the property is sold.
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MSir, the lawyer knows first-hand about the situation and I’ve spoken to him about it on the side on several occasions. I’m able to find buyers, but the moment they come to know about the land on which the building exists is having an active case, they simply back out. This has been the experience with me and two other apartment owners in the same building.
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