A woman took to Reddit for advice on what to do with a large inheritance she received after claiming her biological father was the rightful beneficiary.
A woman received $200,000 and a house after her grandmother’s death.
in Reddit post now deletedthe woman explained, after her grandmother played a pivotal role in her upbringing.
“Unfortunately, the years caught up with her and she developed colon cancer. It was in the late stages. Her decline was rapid. Within a few months she was in hospice.” the woman recalled.
“She was peaceful by my side and my mom. It was tough. I miss her every day. She was my guardian angel most of my life and I want her to be I know you are watching over me,” she continued.
Unfortunately, women could not say the same for their fathers. Her father told her that when she was 13 years old, her mother found out that her father was having an affair and was pregnant with her child with the other woman. I left my family. After her revelation, she admitted that her woman’s father was in love with her partner.
According to the daughter, her father abandoned her and her mother “like a bad habit.”
“We had moved to a new state with my father for work, so he didn’t have any family,” the woman explained about her mother.
She said the only way for the woman and her mother to move forward was with the help of her paternal grandmother, her father’s mother. The woman’s post on Reddit said her grandmother always loved her and her mother and was appalled by what her son did to them.
Her father also stopped seeing her mother, and over the years her grandmother became close to the woman and her mother. The two met on special occasions and holidays, but the woman’s father never showed up.
A few days before the woman’s grandmother died, she asked her granddaughter to call her son and come see her before she died.
“He has only come to see her a few times since she became ill,” the woman wrote. “When he came, I was visiting, as I did every few days, and he was acting like I was a random person.”
In the end, despite her daughter’s phone calls and emails asking her son to come see her, the son never came and died four days later.
After the funeral, the woman’s father attended, but he “made a big fuss and talked about himself,” so everyone was contacted by the grandmother’s lawyer.
After her mother’s death, her father learned of his daughter’s inherited property and demanded that she hand it over to him.
In her will, the grandmother leaves exactly $1 of her inheritance to her son and the rest to her granddaughter, her estranged daughter.
The woman wrote that she also received a letter that she wasn’t expecting, saying, “You’re worth it. Love your grandma.”
“When he found out, he was furious,” his daughter wrote. “They always blew up my cell phone. They demanded that I give them my house and money.”
The father’s new wife and her son also messaged the woman, and the son wrote on social media that his grandmother had “manipulated” him.
The woman’s father eventually apologized, saying he was under a lot of stress because of the debt and had hoped to use the money left by his mother to pay some of his living expenses and send his son to college. .
“It didn’t feel right. I thought maybe I should give him something,” the woman explained. “I thought about it a lot, and I don’t think I’m going to tell him anything,” she said, but now she’s questioning her decision.
People on Reddit have rallied behind a woman who refused to share her inheritance, and the law will agree.
Inheritance laws vary by state, but a person’s will ultimately determines who receives what. As people on Reddit pointed out, her grandmother seems to have made it clear that her son has no interest in receiving anything.
“The reason she left him $1 was not because she forgot to include him in case he tried to contest the will, but because she intended to disinherit him. “It was to clarify something to the court,” one user commented. “She knew her son would try to steal the money she left you. It’s a very common practice to leave a dollar on her disinheritance.”
Although this is a common practice, experts recommend avoiding it whenever possible. In a YouTube video, estate planning attorney Paul Labara suggests simply leaving an estate in the name of the intended recipient, or clearly stating your intention to leave nothing to separated family members. did.
In any case, this grandmother made it clear who she intended to give her money and house to. No amount of money or material things can replace her loved ones, but her grandmother gave her the tools to make her feel confident in her decision to accept what is rightfully hers. Left her message of comfort to her grandmother.
One person wrote on Reddit: “Listen to your grandma. You are worth it. Don’t let your grandma and her family manipulate you.”
Nia Tipton is a Chicago-based entertainment, news and lifestyle writer whose work explores contemporary issues and experiences.
