Pay off house with windfall?

[gusmahler]

To clear up confusion, the only part that is not in writing is the part where my brother's share would be used to pay off the house.

Otherwise, everything else was set up in a will and a trust, with me as the executor of my mom's estate and the trustee of the trust upon the death of my mom.

But now that she's recovered, I guess I should just have my mom talk to my brother. She's always had confrontation issues, and this is just another example of it.

My plan (previous to making this thread) had been to tell my brother of our mother's wishes, but to give him the money without any strings. He'd be free to listen to her or not.