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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People can do whatever they want with their own things, including giving them to whoever they want when they die. OP you are not entitled to 1/3 of that house. It doesn’t seem unreasonable to me for your father to divide his assets more equitably than equally. You have a second home nearby, and your sister likely won’t have one if he leaves the house to you all equally. He also probably knows your sister won’t sell it if it’s hers, whereas if some of it goes to you—you’ll sell his home of 50 years to get your 1/3 cut. [/quote]

So if you have the work and credit history to qualify for a mortgage on a vacation home, which may not even have any equity at this point, you should be cut out of a will? And a sibling who lacked the work and credit history should be rewarded with a full ownership of at least a $1m vacation home, which is owned outright (essentially $1m plus cash)?[/quote]

Maybe, if it is what the father wants.  It may matter more to him to be able to give the house to one of his daughters than to split everything three ways.  He gets to make that call.  And there would be no reason to be mad at the sister.  If you want to get mad at your dead father, then have at it.[/quote]

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