Dying Grandma Causes Rift In Family When She Gives Her Granddaughter Larger Portion In Her Will

"I know that there’s no room for such things"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• May 20, 2024

Some people believe they have a right to see your final will and testament in addition to your own wishes. For the duration of your lifespan, this assumption is false.

You alone have the right to see your will while you are still alive. During your lifetime, your will is not entitled to be seen by your spouse, children, accountants, or even lawyers.

Your will is a very personal document that you are fully in charge of who can see it. But once you pass away, you no longer have that power.

If you show your will and a beneficiary in your written will objects to what they see, you can face pressure to amend your will to ensure that the beneficiary gets what they are entitled to. This is something that happens a lot of times, and the pressure that is applied may be really uncomfortable.

As naive as this may sound, a large number of children of will-makers have expectations about what constitutes justice and believe that it is their responsibility to "right the wrong" if they don't like what they see in the will. This is exactly what the original poster of today's story is facing.

When the 65-year-old OP was drawing up her will and last wishes, she made sure to leave something for everyone.

OP's pregnant granddaughter, Lily, will receive most of her savings and money.

But then one of her sons says that his daughter deserves more. 

The OP kicks off her story

She has a very large financial cushion as well as a large family on her mother’s side

The OP does not trust Michael with large sums and William is not in need of it

Daughter herself does not care and is grateful for what she’s been allocated

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a-hole:

My son may feel cheated or hurt by the way things were divided up. It is a very sensitive situation and everyone is still coming to terms with the fact I don't have forever. I understand that some other feelings may be bleeding in and influencing this. Any child would feel upset if they were not equally listed in their mother's will.

Let's head into the comments and find out what other Redditors have to say

It's the OP's money after all

Why did the OP disclose her will?

The OP shouldn't have disclosed her will

The OP has every right to leave it for her grandchild

The bullet proof will is a good idea

It's the OP's money to divide as she wills

OP's son and wife need to learn

Since the OP and the stepdaughter are unrelated, she has no legal claim to the OP's estate in the event that her will is invalidated. Redditors advised the OP to put a no-contest clause that states that anyone who challenges the will forfeits any potential inheritance.

Some Redditors were sorry some members of the OP's family are giving her so much worry. The OP was declared not the AH and that's a wrap.

Maryjane