inheritance, the story about the daughter who didn't

I wonder how many opinions in here are based on posters looking at it as if they were the one that would be losing out on the inheritance.

The whole thing sounds like the government thinking it knows how to spend your hard earned money better than you do, like many other things.

I'd hate to think that a child had done something so bad that I had no choice but to write them out of my will only for the government to come in after my death and totally ignore my wishes.

Meh, I'll have bugger all to leave anyone anyway :p
 
A will is like a legal document? If so, how can it be overturned?

It should go to charity as clearly they didn't get on. The daughter should be left claiming benefits the same as everyone else. As said that money will disappear if it goes to her. At least with a charity it is helping more than one person.
 
cheesyboy said:
She's dead, she no longer has an opinion, and is unaffected by what happens. What difference does it make to her?
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There is the next leader of the conservatives lol.

It makes no difference other than the fact that your wishes made are ignored. I'm pretty sure that goes against human rights. The next time a lord dies their kids don't need the money so it should go to the needy yeah? Sounds a bit communist....
 
Greedy little bugger, quite annoyed me on the way to work this morning, all these people ringing in the radio show saying they think theyre entitled to their parents money with excuses like "i didnt asked to be brought into this world so its the parents responsibility to look after me".

I agree its up to your parents to look after you until your grown up but thats where it stops, theyve done their job and any financial help you get after that is just a bonus.

Just imagine working hard all your life knowing your money is going to a good cause like a charity or summat then some greedy little layabout come in and takes it all as soon as you kick it.

I think charities might end up losing a lot of money over this as people will just end up spending all their money on stuff they dont really want just so their kids dont get their grubby little paws on it.
 
My wife was the beneficiary of this a while ago. Distant uncle fell out with his kids, as they sided with his wife when a divorce got messy. My wife's sister had been in touch with him while tracing family history. After he died my wife and her siblings each inherited a 4 figure sum, despite rarely having met him.

It took around a year or two from them being informed of the inheritance to them receiving it. There was a legal challenge from his kids but it basically came down to him being of sound mind and able to decide to do what he wanted with his money.
 
When your on your death bed, will you let go of all the hate and forgive your family or cling onto it unto death?

It's much harder to try and make peace than do nothing.
 
Uriel said:
My wife was the beneficiary of this a while ago. Distant uncle fell out with his kids, as they sided with his wife when a divorce got messy. My wife's sister had been in touch with him while tracing family history. After he died my wife and her siblings each inherited a 4 figure sum, despite rarely having met him.

It took around a year or two from them being informed of the inheritance to them receiving it. There was a legal challenge from his kids but it basically came down to him being of sound mind and able to decide to do what he wanted with his money.
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Similar with my mum - she looked after a distant relative for the last few years of their life - and got around half of the inheritance while her more direct relatives who showed their faces for the first time in 30 years the week before she passed away got almost nothing and threw a right fit.
 
My dad died in June. Had about £560k in total. He gave about £380 to The Salvation Army and left the house to me & my brother. I'm more than happy with that.
Mum reckons we were lucky to get anything -he apparently didn't believe in kids inheriting (although it was another story when his dad died!).

A will is a will as far as I'm concerned. I'd want my will adhered to when I shuffle off this mortal coil.
 
This case is very close to my heart as it cost my family over 100k to settle a probate dispute out of court when the judgement was initially made. The judgement came in the day before we were due in mediation - we had no intention of mediating as we had a mountain of evidence stacked in our favour:

- The claimant in our case hadn't seen their mother in five years despite living on the same road.
- Wouldn't contribute to the growing costs of care.
- Was the only person present when my family member created the will prior to the one they were contesting (a big big no no).
- Refused to come to the funeral.

We turned up to mediation knowing the Illat judgement had happened the day before and were told by the mediator that it changed everything from our standpoint. It was the first thing mentioned as soon as we got into the room. Our own evidence was no longer relevant at that point forward.

No judge in the land would go against this judgement so soon... it will take years for a test case to fight through the system to reverse the lunacy of this judgement. We were told the cheapest way to resolve the case at this point was to negotiate a settlement, which is what we ended up doing.

We've ended up massively out of pocket for the next few years, whilst a person who was absolutely not entitled to anything walked out with a bumper payout. What's worse is that because we settled, people assume the other party was the wronged party. Nobody stops to think that it was just the most astute financial position to take at that time.

Screw this money grabbing woman, screw the judge in this case,and screw the law. It's broken beyond repair.
 
Dolph said:
Why should taxpayers pick up the bill for a family feud when the money already exists?
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Why should the charity pick up the bill?

I would in fact wager the damage to the taxpayer would be far greater by giving this woman £500k to spend on drugs, than having it invested in a company.
 
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UTmaniac said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39278921

Charities win appeal, daughter back to £50k award, won't be long until she will get benefits again.
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Common sense prevails!

I don't know what drugs those Appeal Court judges were taking when they reached that original verdict back in 2015 but it's good that the Supreme court has stepped in and cleared this up once and for all.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
TBH as grim as it sounds the idea of respecting the deads wishes and stuff is really to make the surviving loved ones feel closure and better about their wishes when they die.
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I disagree. I am perfectly entitled to work towards things that will only be achieved after I die and human history is replete with examples of such. The concept of contracts and agreements being able to persist past death is vital. If it's impossible to set anything down to take effect after death, we have big problems.
 
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