Dear Readers: Because of syndication scheduling, I write and submit my columns two weeks in advance of publication. Due to this time lag, the Q and A’s will not reflect the latest information about the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic we are currently facing. Dear Amy: For years before my dad died, he repeatedly told his four adult kids that he would leave his (small, rundown) family home to Brother #1. Sister and I agreed with him, as this brother had need of it (low-income, with children) and the rest of us didn’t. Brother #2 was livid and hasn’t spoken to us for three years.