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[quote=Anonymous]11:13, while you're right that you can't expect $$$ from an inheritance, I have a hard time justifying why you're A-OK with the sister violating what was the spirit of her parents' wishes.

Now if a PP's parents had left everything to the Cat Lady Foundation, and that PP was whining about that, then yes, you'd be entitled to slap that PP down rhetorically.

Also 13:17 is correct -- the money intended for the kids/grandkids just got spent on healthcare. No room for complaining there.

Also, if a parent wants to give more $$$ to the child with a bigger family, who're worse off, who aren't drug addicts, etc., then yeah. The slighted kid can feel slighted but at least it was a decision made by the parents for reasonable reasons.

But there's a difference between "my parents are spending money on themselves that should be MINE!", "My sibling is getting more money than me, waah!" and "My sister violated the spirit of my parents' wishes by keeping all the money passed on outside probate instead of splitting it 50/50."

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"Both parents had wills which left everything to the surviving spouse [B]or to my sister and I equally if the other spouse had already passed. I know this is what they truly wanted because my mother said as much after my father's death.[/B] I didn't ask her any questions about the estate at the time - something I will always regret."[/quote]

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