contestment of af will rights

[7779311]

is it true that if a man has three children from a woman , divorced her and then remarries and has three more children from his second wife, granted he was married 16yrs to the first one, but anyway , he dies and gives everything to the last wife and kids and dosent even acknoledge the first three . does the first three children have the right to contest any will or do they have any rights to the estate.,

[monty0703]

I'm sure that I read somewhere that children from the first marriage have the right to a share in any moveable assets. However, this was in relation to Scots law, not sure about England and Wales.

[Sammy Snake]

Nobody has any 'rights' to the estate, the man could have left his money to the local cats home if he had wanted to to and disinherited all 6 children. Children can contest a will however.

If you can prove that you were financially dependant on your father at the time he died, you may have grounds for contesting it - otherwise don't bother.