"Not bad enough to kill, but bad enough to argue over dishes they'll never use."
There's something about a death in the family that makes people go absolutely goofy. My experience is that's it's usually someone by marriage instigating the crap.
"You know your mom/dad would want you to have those dishes, you should raise hel*."
Remember that $100 you lent your brother 800 years ago? You should get his car. LOL
I have witnessed some truly goofy stuff. And I can't blame it only on inlaws.... one was an aunt who comes from the ogre side of the family ;~D
But I had to feel for my step-dad when his first wife (before we knew him) died. After the memorial, relatives came back to the house and started trying to pack things up. They said... what are you going to do with the furniture? "Huh? he said? I'm going to sit on it! I'm still alive, and I still live here!" He had to shoo them out.