Wendy,
Why do you want to return the money? It was given to you by your step mum and its yours to keep. She can change her story but its your words against hers.
Why not use that money to fight them. In a civil trial, its on the balance of probability, - just whose story the judge believes. And in a trial, all shits goes. If they are a respected / reputed family, they may not want the adverse publicity.
Especially a rich, power family bullying an poor "illegitimate" child (sorry for being crude).
Remember, you are the offspring of your father, legitimate or otherwise. Your step mum acknowledges this when she brought you in. You are entitled to your share.
i was made to sign an agreement to say i cannot reveal details of the agreement, then i got the money.
i signed it about 5pm 30 sept 2011. that was the the last day i had to stay on in the the family house.
i was told in no uncertain terms that after 5pm that day night, i can no longer live in the house. i had to sleep at my neighbor's 2 houses away.
if i didn't sign, they were going to evict me. that may have bought me another few weeks....
i also signed, because after my mother pushing me to buy a flat (from her pt view she already verbally agreed to the financial arrangement, so buy if not got no where to live), i found a flat to buy in a big hurry and paid the deposit, lawyers etc from the small sum my father left me.
if i didn't sign, i wasn't going to get the money from my mom, and i would then have to default on my planned purchase.
the reason why the house had to be left empty before it was sold, is because a malaca medium told my mother so, and she believe.
of course they are going to say the line above is a lie, and my mother wanted the unsold house empty for other reasons.
call the malacca medium to court and see what she says.
who will the court believe, a no money bum like me, or apparent stalwarts of society like my familee?
andyway, if the medium lies in my opinion, i only have karma to avenge me
yah definitely can make movie, and get sued again