will contesting advice please

lswwong

Did I say that I think I personally have an entitlement to Lizzie's parents' money?

Sorry I don't follow you??

Anyway, Lizzie's thread is being spoit now.  Let's end this exchange.

PS Thank you, Graham.

http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Vent;action=display;num=1094541625;start=

lisyloo

People who think they can take the pi** out of other people's lives using money are a bunch of saddos.

Can you explain this statement then as I don't think I understand what you mean.

Let's end this exchange.

You can withdraw if you want to.

As I have said several times already, Lizzie has my sympathy.

trafalgar_2

I would like to just say that I took LSWs post in answer to Lizzies above that.............to mean 'it is wrong that people use money as leverage in emotional family disagreements.....(which is the picture I got from Lizzies post,you connect with that side of the family , no money :-/)

Lisyloo is quite right .they are entitled to do as they wish with their money.

But LSW wasn't saying otherwise but merely stating that it is wrong to use it in this way.


IMO

Edinburghlass_2

I assume you are in England or Wales as in Scotland children can claim on the "movable" estate if they are left out of the will.

Iona_Penny

my late grandmother always used to sign the autograph books which were popular when I was a child with 'where there's a will there's relations' I never understood when I was young but now.....

lswwong

Traf - I thank you! That's exactly what I meant.

Just wanna add that Graham has provided a balanced analysis of why it should be right to try and do something about being left out of the will. I really have admiration for him when he said that the law is there to help people as well! Afterall, the system is there for the "administration of justice" ::)

It is so important to see both sides of the coin. Let's all wish Lizzie well and hope things will work out in the best possible way for her and her family.

trafalgar_2

Absolutely,I wish her well too

themainman

I can't see how to post this, so it is down as a reply

My mother died a couple of years ago. She led a life of fear with my brother who was living with her up until her death. When she died, I asked my brother to let me see the will. He told me that I wasn't mentioned in it. I told him I would still like to see it. When I saw it, it was true, I wasn't even named even though i was the eldest and enjoyed a close relationship with her.

I told my brother that I was going to contest the will (even though i didn't have the funds) and he quickly told me that my mum had signed an addition to the will stating I was to have nothing. I asked him when this codicil was written and the colour went from his face. He went home and came back with this peice of A4 paper that basically said, " I leave nothing to Raymond" and was signed by what looked like my mother's signature, but had obviously been forged and, even more suspicously, was dated the same day as the will, was on different paper, different text and not even witnessed.

My question is, do i still have a case and does anyone know of a no win, no fee firm that would take it on?

Rafael

As someone about to make a Will I believe it is my right to chose to whom I leave my estate. Sons and Daughters do not have the right to receive benifit from my efforts simply because of direct decendency. All too often people think that by simply being a relative automatically awards them entitlement. I have heard it said that you can chose your friends but can't chose your family. It's tosh. Move on. Have a :beer: and live your own life is my advise.

Squirreler

Iona_Penny wrote: »

'where there's a will there's relations'

I hope people didn't think this when my Dad died. We weren't close and lost touch a couple of years before he died.

He had no other family than me and my sister, so we had to clear out his house etc, arrange the funeral, tell his boss, his partner, his friends. We weren't doing it for the money; he had none and no valuable possessions and in fact had no will. We did it because we had to, and because he was our Dad. We looked for a will to see what his wishes were, not to grab.

In response to the OP, it's their money to do with what they wish. Move on with your life.