Our Reader to Reader Question of the Week:

Dear Readers,
, when I was a youngster, my mother died. I was an only child and the family had quite a lot of money. My dad managed to lose everything by the time I graduated from high school. He is dead now. A few weeks ago, at a family party, they got to talking about my mother and what beautiful jewelry she had. One of my cousins asked what happened to the jewelry. My great-uncle replied, “They buried her in it.” When we got home I mentioned to my wife that we could sure use some money and I would like to have my mother’s grave dug up and sell the jewelry. She looked at me like I was crazy. Would this be such a terrible thing to do? After all, I am entitled to whatever worldly goods my parents had. My wife says the thought of it makes her skin crawl. May I have your opinion?