Dear Eric: My husband, “Tom,” and I got on well with his brother, “Dick,” until last year, when Dick became executor of their parents’ estate. Instead of liquidating it and splitting it with Tom, which is what he is required to do, he secretly paid himself more than $100,000 for the first year — more than double the authorized amount. Plus, he hasn’t even tried to sell the estate. He offered to buy Tom’s share of a rental property for $11,000 without telling him he received a purchase offer for $188,000.