Reply to mom wants to leave more $ to me than to my brother

Forum Index » Money and Finances

Reply to "mom wants to leave more $ to me than to my brother"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your mother is sure that she has enough for her lifetime, she can start gifting to the grandchildren now.  A 529 can be funded with 5 yrs of gift exclusion, currently $14k x 5 = $70k.  That's a nice start towards college.

Resentments build up in odd ways if the will is anything but 50/50.[/quote]

resentments build up in very odd ways for odd reasons between siblings, irrational reasons that often have roots in childhood jealousy and some issues in the family relationship going back decades. my aunt, very financially confortable, unmarried and childless and in her late 60's, sued my father (her only sibling, married and with three kids, my aunt's only nieces and nephew, basically we were her only family ), after my grandparents died in their 90's and left her 50% of their multimillion dollar estate. she thought she was entitled to 80%.  13 years later (she is now 80) she just agreed to settle for the same a little more of 50% she could have gotten in the first place, and after selling one of the apartments she inherited just to pay her legal bills. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics