My law firm has seen an increase in the scalawag factor: lots of cases of underhanded dealings by family members over inherited property nobody cared about until it was discovered to be in the Shale, etc.
The smell of potential money generally brings out many interesting bedfellows and family members you may not realize you even had. Too bad the same thing doesn’t happen when someone unexpectedly falls on bad times.
Maybe that explains why it is taking so long to probate the Texas portion of my Dad’s estate.