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[quote=Anonymous]On both sides of my family I've seen will issues cause problems.

My mother was one of 5 kids, 3 girls, 2 boys.  My Grandfather died first, then my grandmother the following year.  Her will left everything to the 3 girls (my mom and aunts) and nothing to the boys.  It was a rural, run down house on not much land, so wouldn't have been much back in the 70s, but no one in the family was well off so even 2-4K in 1979 would have been something.

My father was one of three kids, and my grandmother left the house to be shared among the three.  My life-long greedy scammy uncle convinced my aunt and Dad to sell him the house at a FAR below market value reduced rate "so it would stay in the family."  Well, uncle fixed it up and sold it for 4 times what he gave my aunt and dad. That money would have been life changing for my dad and mom. My aunt and Dad were always aware of greedy uncle's greed, so why they let themselves be scammed is beyond me, but it just widened the rift that had always been there.

On my husband's side, my husband's grandfather had always made a big deal about how the grandchildren were in the will. He died with a little less than $1M. My FIL was executor, and to this day I am convinced he kept any money intended for my husband and his sibling.  FIL gave his two children $5K each. It's definitely possible that's the correct amount but something felt very sketchy at the time. FIL is profligate spender and squandered the half million he got (split the big total with FIL's sibling) in 2 years - yep, of course a timeshare in Florida, a vacation in Hawaii, cosmetic home repairs, new cars, the works.  [/quote]

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