Contesting a Will

securityguy

haveiacase wrote: »

Hello , this is what i emailed to the beneficirie....

If I received a piece of email like that, I'd simply tell the sender to !!!! off. I'd be surprised if any recipient doesn't feel precisely the same.

haveiacase

Well , i know no one likes my thread , but its reality , and its an actual event happening now , maybe i wont be able to get probate halted or contest the will , but i still want answers...

aaroncaz

haveiacase wrote: »

Well , i know no one likes my thread , but its reality , and its an actual event happening now , maybe i wont be able to get probate halted or contest the will , but i still want answers...

Why do you expect anything from her will, it's not like you visited her on a regular basis or encouraged your adult children to do the same.................Maybe Grandma wanted answers as to why she never saw her grandchildren more after her son died..... all this thread does is make you sound very greedy and uncaring.

Mojisola

securityguy wrote: »

If I received a piece of email like that, I'd simply tell the sender to !!!! off. I'd be surprised if any recipient doesn't feel precisely the same.

Especially right after the funeral!

pattycake

Having lost my own father a few short months ago, I can imagine the upset and distress I would feel upon receiving such a communication. You admit yourself that you only visited once a year and now appear out of the woodwork demanding a share of this poor lady's estate.

You should be ashamed.

loubel

If you have not already done so, please don't send that e-mail as it will just cause hurt and anger against you.

As has been said by many already, you (as ex daughter-in-law) have no rights to contest this Will. If your children wish to do so then that is their choice, but it will be a long, expensive and very upsetting process for all involved.

Errata

haveiacase wrote: »

Well , i know no one likes my thread , but its reality , and its an actual event happening now , maybe i wont be able to get probate halted or contest the will , but i still want answers...

Answers to what? Why did your kids get nothing? I can answer that one for you - because that's what your MIL wanted. End of.

thorsoak

haveiacase wrote: »

I have been doing some reading and my grounds i can discuss at a later date with my solicitor , and in the meantime i can stop the estate being dsitributed etc....

yes it sounds a bit harsh , but i firmly believe my husband would want his kids to share the house proceeds

Had your husband wanted his children to share the proceeds of the sale of his mother's house - and the home of the two grandchildren who were brought up there - he should have ensured that you took your children to visit their grandmother on more than an annual visit surely!

Of course your solicitor will encourage you ....he will be rubbing his hands at the thought of all the fees he can charge you!

Let your mother in law rest, let the family that loved and looked after her in her latter years enjoy their bequest. Let it go.

troubleinparadise

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

I'm sorry, but this has to be a Troll thread.

I have never known anyone take the will to a wake.

When my mum died we didn't even think about sorting out the will until after the funeral, and we certainly wouldn't have been carrying the will around with us - it is a legal document which is needed to obtain probate and settle the estate, if it was lost or damaged it would cause all sorts of problems.

I rather think you are right - or the OP is the human embodiment of a troll! :eek:

kingfisherblue

haveiacase wrote: »

Hello

I wanted some opinions and advice , but not to be judged , so i made MSE my first stop..

situation is:

My ex Mother in law died recently
she had a son who was my husband , who died in 1998 , leaving our three children looked after ok and myself , i have since remarried.

She also had a daughter who died in 1986 , that person had two kids , who my ex mother in law took in and her and her husband (who has since died 1996) looked after them until adulthood

My kids are now 26,28,32

We visisted my ex mother in law maybe once a year

BUT

in her will she has left her house and contents (no cash or life insurance etc) to the two kids she bought up but nothing at all to my three kids (the cousins to the two bought up by Ex MIL) , one of them lived with her and cared for her until then end , if relevant

To be honest , i am not sure of my rights , but i cant believe my three have been left nothing , i believe mother should have made provisions for them

what could i do to challenge the will

My ex MIL had some stage of dementia but wasnt on medication for it , she died in the end of organ failure following a heart attack

i know it sounds harsh but i am looking out for my kids

what are my options ?

thanks

Just in case the OP edits her first post.......