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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you call "schmoozing", unmarried aunts might call "company." Being elderly is lonely.  Yes, it's nice that you've visited for all these years 1-2x a year, but [b]if SIL calls once or twice a week every week and chats away with them....well, I'd leave her money, too[/b].  That's legitimately kind and thoughtful.

Is there a chance that they legitimately feel closer to her than to you or your brother?[/quote]

You’d leave her money too or leave her, and only her, all the money? [/quote]

One aunt is leaving some money and donating the rest. Seems nobody likes OP and her family here.[/quote]

That’s not clear today from what I read.

But there will definitely be a rift between the sibling families once this all goes down. And SIL, entirety and auntie know it, because they created it. [/quote]

There’s only a rift because OP thinks she’s entitled.

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And why is SIL entitled? [/quote]
Because aunt named her in the will as a beneficiary. Maybe that was a foolish decision; maybe it was a great one. She could leave her entire estate to her cat if she wanted to. It’s her money and her choice what to do with it.[/quote]

Giving the estate to only one out-of-state nephew and not splitting it in half to both:
What would make that a great decision in your mind? 
What would make that a foolish decision?[/quote]
Great decision: Nephew and wife have maintained contact; been very warm and loving; made aunt feel less lonely; perhaps they did a big favor for aunt; aunt has always felt some special bond or kinship with nephew; aunt has always felt sorry for nephew; aunt feels like nephew and wife need money more than other relatives do

Foolish decision: Aunt isn’t of sound mind and doesn’t even understand what she’s agreed to; it never occurred to aunt that this would cause strife between OP and brother and that’s the last thing aunt wants; nephew and wife also have been given POA and Medical POA and use this power to plunge aunt into debt while she’s still alive or hasten her death by declining medical interventions[/quote]

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