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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Acceptable_Plate155 on 2024-01-21 19:42:14+00:00.
Four years ago, my father passed away, leaving his assets to me (now 28) and my brother (35) to divide equally. This included a sum of money, a small family business, and two properties. My brother, seven years my senior and more established with a family, took on the role of managing our father's estate, as I was still completing my studies. He moved from the US back to Colombia with his family to handle the business and proposed to buy out my share.
However, a few months later, he argued that he shouldn't pay me for the business due to his sacrifices in relocating and proposed deducting his and his family’s moving expenses, mortgage payments, and lost income from the estate funds.
We eventually agreed he would keep the business, we'd split the cash, and he'd retain the larger property while I took the smaller one. He was to pay me the value difference within three years. It's been a year since the agreement and he hasn't made any payments, citing his own financial burdens like student loans. He wants to pay me the whole amount at the end of 3 years with no interest.
Recently, our mother passed away, leaving her small shop and some savings. He wants to take over her shop, and I've asked to be compensated with our mother's savings as partial payment for what he owes me, along with a structured plan for the remaining amount. AITA for asking this? He argues that as an older sibling, he has consistently supported me in the past, and now it's my turn to help him, given his current financial difficulties due to debt, while I am debt-free.