‘My stepmother is crying poor, and selling everything of value. She’s cut off all communication’: My father died without a will and I am his only child. What now?

Dear Quentin,

My father recently passed away. He was married to my stepmother for 33 years. Prior to his death, he wanted to buy me a manufactured home, and told me to look for a home costing up to $200,000. I couldn’t find one in an area that suited me before he passed.  

Unfortunately, he did not leave a will. My…