Inheritance

[jess131]

My step father in law is dying of cancer, whilst he was still in fairly good health he made a Will and is leaving everything to my partner (his step son). He has a blood son but they have not spoken for years and he did not want to leave him anything. He also has 5 other step children but is only close to my husband, the others never wanted anything to do with him. Even though he and his wife have been married 28 years, they have only really stayed together for staying togethers sake! They never went anywhere or did anything after the first couple of married years. When they married he already had a fully paid up house and quite a stash of money in the bank, she had nothing only debt! He is not leaving her anything, but she can stay in the house until she dies and she will receive so much of his private pension when he dies. My husband is now power of attorney and when step dad dies his will states that his stepson (my husband) gets all the money and the house but his mum is allowed to live in it until she dies. She was quite happy with this arrangement. Now though, stepdad is in a nursing home, she refuses to visit or phone him, to her he is dead. She now wants new furniture but my husband is reluctant to buy any until stepdad passes away but she is getting very arsy about it, so hubby has decided whatever she wants she just gets. My husband now thinks she may be begining to resent the fact that her husband has left her nothing and will contest the Will. All along though I thought she would of been entitled to something seeing as she is his wife?? ps he has worked all through the marriage up to retiring, she never worked.

[Peter Pedant]

No one seems muchinterested in contributing

However there is quite a lot on wills on this site
and there is one particular entry that specifies the current legislation affecting dependants and whether they have a right to inherit under a will

if the will was drawn up by a solicitor
then all this should have been covered anyway
it is partof the service that one pays for

[factor-fiction]

Hi Peter Pedant- that's because it's a duplicate question. The other version has received plenty of replies
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question1205616.html

[jess131]

thanks guys, i posted it twice by mistake