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I stopped talking to my father because he didn't pass on a portion of the inheritance like my grandparents intended. He's a piece of shit in many ways that I was accustomed to but that broke the relationship for me.
This is understandable when you accept that your options in Australia (and many parts of the world) these days are either generational wealth or lifelong poverty. Not saying it's ok, just to be expected.
I feel like if you have a sibling like the one in the article no amount of planning is going to prevent this situation. Some people are just more greedy and selfish at a base level. Like what kind of person is left an entire house and thinks "yeah, I deserve all of this and my siblings deserve nothing"?
"Like what kind of person is left an entire house and thinks "yeah, I deserve all of this and my siblings deserve nothing"
The person that was there taking care of the parents, getting them to doctor appointments and taking time off work to provide for them while everyone else was absent physically and/or financially. Nobody else cared when they were alive, they dont get to care now that they are dead.
The person that was there taking care of the parents, getting them to doctor appointments and taking time off work to provide for them while everyone else was absent physically and/or financially. Nobody else cared when they were alive, they dont get to care now that they are dead.
What ? that's bullshit, you're not an employee on a deferred share scheme. If you don't want to do the looking after, don't.
I have one sibling and as far as she’s concerned the world owes her. “Owes her what?” You may ask? Everything. I’m not looking forward to the inheritance dispute that’s inevitable when my parents pass.
I've had that discussion with my mother (father passed many years ago) precisely for that reason. She said we each get 1/3, which, surprised me as I'd assumed she'd leave whatever was left to her 2 grandkids (brothers kids)
This is what wills are for. Get your parents to make one that’s iron clad so all she’d be doing is wasting her own money disputing it.
Hopefully when the time comes, my siblings and I can do an even split and everyone's happy.
Get your parents to write an actual will.
Where things seem to get messiest is if someone gets an 'advance' on what they'll receive in the will, except it's not written into the will so there is disagreement on whether they should get a full share or not.
the will only gets so far. for example there have been cases where children of a family have completely abandoned their parent/s, and a 3rd part good samaritan came along to help said person for years before their eventual death, and the will gave the inheritance to the good Samaritan, which causes the blood children to object.
the only clearcut way is to have the parties in attendance while the will is being written so that any objections wpuld get aired out while said person is alive and can make the call
You don’t need everyone present while the will is being written though. That changes nothing. People can object all they want, but if the will is done correctly the objecting and challenging is pointless and just wastes money.
Why is it so hard for people to accept a dying persons wishes? If they want all their money to be donated to the first homeless person that walks past the closest bus stop to their house, that’s what needs to be done. No one is owed an inheritance.
Personally I've emailed my will to all interested parties so they have plenty of time to object.
That doesn’t change anything though. They can still challenge the will when you die.
Just make sure the will is done by the book with no reason for any challenges to succeed and you’re good.
As the article mentioned, wills are often contested. The cases they presented were all from people with wills, but the surviving parties didn't accept what the got in the will.
If the will is done correctly then no amount of contesting matters.
That's why a lot of wills add a clause that states anyone challenging the will automatically has their portion changed to $1.
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this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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