My father recently died. In his will he left a token sum to my mother and a friend as acting executers the rest he left to charity. He had told my mother that my brother and I would inherit but my mother is no longer alive. During his life he was diagnosied with a schizoid personality disorder. This means that he had difficulty functioning on a personal level with people due to a mental conition.
2007-02-24 10:20:58 · 16 answers · asked by Jeremy C 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
His will was written after he had been diagnosed but a schizoid personality cannot be cured. My mother also died before probate had started so I have no control or access to anything of his - not just any money but even for the few personal effects he had. He couldn't relate properley to us in life and I feel that it might be that this affected his decision when he made his will.
2007-02-24 11:05:32 · update #1
I would definitely contest the Will. The assets are yours, by virtue of your being his heir. A person's offspring are legally considered to be his/her "natural objects of one's bounty"; it is presumed that one's kids are the logically intended beneficiaries. A Will violating this natural intent is highly suspect. When the testator is also suffering a mental disability, it is more so. It is truly touching to hear so many answerers saying, in effect, let it go - money isn't everything. I definitely agree. But I am guessing that you and your brother need your inheritance more than the charities named in the Will. Assuming that you have dependents, you have to think of them also. Don't be ashamed about contesting the Will. Assuming you win, you are free to give to those charities a reasonable amount, based on your own financial circumstances. Had your father not been under his unfortunate disability, I'm sure he would have made his Will quite differently. Nobody is going to think less of you and your brother for doing this. Hope this helps. Good luck!
2007-02-24 12:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by Pete 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon. If he did not leave a will and his "new teenagers" are in basic terms assuming inheritance - then sure, you are able to project it as genetically you're in basic terms as lots his teenagers as they're. If he did leave a will you nonetheless can... yet i does not hassle as you have 0 danger of prevailing something except one in each and every of you is under 18 and then it might in basic terms be them that have been given something. a individual has a superb to exclude every person, even their own toddlers, from a will as long as they're over 18. i in my opinion think of it is slightly unhappy which you experience this way. funds will not make up for something and if it did, your mum could get it! not you.
2016-10-16 10:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by dickirson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
What you are basically saying is because your father didn't leave anything to you, he must have been crazy at the time he wrote his will. There is nothing to indicate that here. Do not consider his donation to charity as a snub. It is not.
Would you have felt any better if he had left everything to your brother and nothing to you?
2007-02-24 12:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by lesroys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless he was mentally incapable of making rational decisions when he wrote the will (which depends on how ill he was at that time, docs records, medication etc) his will may well stand. Best bet is to consult a solicitor. It is probably more common than not to leave everything to your children, but its not uncommon not to either.
2007-02-24 10:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would. Quite astonishingly a British judge ruled in part favour of sons and daughters to their father's will (millionaire). In his will he had left everything to a fancy woman he'd only been with 3 years.... but the judge passed a ruling to allow the sons and daughters signifcant claim on their father's estate.
2007-02-24 10:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by Joe Bloggs 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fact he has left money to charity wont do you any favours if you try and contest as there is nobody to contest the will against
2007-02-24 10:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by jobsy1 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just let the money go to charity. No amount can bring your dad back. Money is evil anyhow. Let someone that really needs it have it.
2007-02-24 10:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by sparkles 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This question appears a little disjointed..Did he make a will before or after he became unwell? When,in the equasion,did your mother die? If you feel something is happening maybe unjust,contact a solicitor..
2007-02-24 10:29:19 · answer #8 · answered by trish b 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would a father do that to his child? I would have a go at contesting this...charity begins at home! Good luck!
2007-02-24 10:31:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it was his property or money and he left it with who he wanted to have it, you don't really have any say over it. Let it lay.
2007-02-24 10:30:37 · answer #10 · answered by billy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋