Bachelor or Spinster | No Children | Parents take all. |
Bachelor or Spinster | No Children No parents | Brothers and sisters equally and children of deceased brothers and sisters take their parents share where there are surviving brothers and sisters. |
Bachelor or Spinster | No Parents/Children No brothers/sisters | Nephews and Nieces equally. |
Right now there is nothing to inherit however, his mother is elderly (father deceased) and there is an elderly spinster aunt with a sizeable property and land.
Why? Other than the OP doing their sums to figure out what might happen should the in-laws fail to make a will (which is a questionable activity in itself); the OPs post was how to ensure their children got their "share" or what could be done if one or other relative wrote a will which excluded them.You will have to give more information about the spinster Aunt.
Was she a sister of your father in law or your mother in law.
Did you husband have any brothers or sisters
Hi there, she was a sister of my mother in law. And yes my husband had 3 other siblings. Thanks for your helpmf
That is great
So suemoo
You will have to give more information about the spinster Aunt.
Was she a sister of your father in law or your mother in law.
Did you husband have any brothers or sisters?
Brendan
Thanks for the judgement and advice. (Not) your assumptions are that we don’t spend time which is incorrect, we have a close relationship. I seek information as my late husband made me promise to do so. Looks like Iv nothing to do which is great as I was worrying I’d have to do something legally and that’s not a road I want to go down.......emotionally it’s important I follow through on a promise to my dying husband.As others have said, you have no legal right to any inheritance.
perhaps you and your daughters could spend some time with their granny and auntie. By partaking in their lives, then they (the older folk) might see fit to give them something. Even at that, if they don't, then you will have done right by your late husband.
Thank you for this.On the bare facts, your husband had no "entitlements" so he had no "share" in anything. Many people (wrongly) assume that assets in their extended family should stay within the family.
If there are no wills, then, on her death, his mother's estate will be divided between her surviving children and the children (her grandchildren) of any of her children who died before her.
In the aunt's situation, on her death, the entitlement on intestacy - where there is no will is as follows
Bachelor or Spinster No Children Parents take all. Bachelor or Spinster No Children
No parentsBrothers and sisters equally and children of deceased brothers and sisters take their parents share where there are surviving brothers and sisters. Bachelor or Spinster No Parents/Children
No brothers/sistersNephews and Nieces equally.
mf
On the bare facts, your husband had no "entitlements" so he had no "share" in anything. Many people (wrongly) assume that assets in their extended family should stay within the family.
If there are no wills, then, on her death, his mother's estate will be divided between her surviving children and the children (her grandchildren) of any of her children who died before her.
In the aunt's situation, on her death, the entitlement on intestacy - where there is no will is as follows
Bachelor or Spinster No Children Parents take all. Bachelor or Spinster No Children
No parentsBrothers and sisters equally and children of deceased brothers and sisters take their parents share where there are surviving brothers and sisters. Bachelor or Spinster No Parents/Children
No brothers/sistersNephews and Nieces equally.
mf
that would be nice for them I guess but mostly I just want to follow through on what my late husband made me promise.....looks like Iv nothing to do (thankfully!), I was worrying I’d have to go down some legal route which is something I would not want to do personally....I remain close to his family and I wouldn’t want to damage it.I assume you want your children to inherit some of your husband’s aunt fortune.
if I didn’t have children I wouldn’t give any fortune I had equally to my siblings or their children. People can be closer to certain relations than others even if they are the same relation.
I ask the questions as my dying husband made me promise to do so....the money is irrelevant as I’m financially secure. I remain close with my late husbands family and it’s been on my mind the damage that could be caused to relationship if I had to go down some legal route......which thankfully looks like I don’t. Also, if you are dying I don’t think this was an unreasonable request to make to try and secure something for your children in the future.............I find your reply very judgemental.Why? Other than the OP doing their sums to figure out what might happen should the in-laws fail to make a will (which is a questionable activity in itself); the OPs post was how to ensure their children got their "share" or what could be done if one or other relative wrote a will which excluded them.
And the answer to those questions is, you can't take any action at this time.
Right now there is nothing to inherit however, his mother is elderly (father deceased) and there is an elderly spinster aunt with a sizeable property and land.
Hi there, she was a sister of my mother in law. And yes my husband had 3 other siblings. Thanks for your help
He asked me that when the time comes to make sure that the girls get what he should have inherited.
I guess that says more about your own world then mine. The relationship was not mentioned in the OP so negative assumptions were made from your own frame of referenceI, and I'm sure many others, read your initial post as that you didn't currently have a relationship with your in-laws, maybe that's us but a lot of us seem to have read it that way.
No, it actually refers to the many, many other references to wills that people ask about on here. Perhaps the fact that you make no reference to any discussions with your late husband's family gave that inference also.I guess that says more about your own world then mine. The relationship was not mentioned in the OP so negative assumptions were made from your own frame of reference
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