DD has inherited a share in her great-grandparents estate because her dad and his mum are already dead so she inherits their share. The great-grandparents died years ago but the estate has not been divided yet, not entirely sure why but at least part of the reason is because there's disagreement over the value of the cottage that is part of it. DD is under 18 so I am legally obliged to ensure she gets her fair share so I cannot agree to an undervalued division and that division has to be approved by the authorities (we're not in the UK, I don't fully understand the legalities here but enough to know this) so I have to agree with those parties insisting on a more recent valuation of the cottage rather than the value from over 20 years ago, which one family member is insisting the division split is based on. This family member has sole use of the cottage (but also responsibility for its maintenance) and has the estate cash funds in a bank account in his control. We asked for bank statements for that account and they show that he has been taking large amounts of money out of the account. Some large amounts have been transferred to other family members that are due shares in the inheritance so it looks like he's been giving them their shares early, even though the estate hasn't been distributed yet, and other transfers are to his own personal account, some of which he claims are so he could pay bills related to the cottage, others he hasn't written an explanation. There's a lot less money left in the account now.
I'm fed up of all the hassle of this, been trying to sort it out for 8 years now (since DD's dad died and I found out about it all), DD's dad died with a lot of debt that needs to be paid out of that money before DD can see any of it and I just want it to be over but it also seems to be that it can't be legal what he's done and he's surely cheating DD out of her rightful share so maybe its time to report him to the police?