Can children contest a will? Contested Wills & Inheritance Act Claims

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What if you are an adult child and have been cut out of a will, can you make a claim?

I look at the position in terms of the state of the law on whether you can actually cut a child (or anyone else) out of a will or whether there is always a danger of a claim, for instance under the Inheritance Act 1975. The parent feel this is justified if, for example, they had helped them out many years earlier, such as buying them a house etc. Or maybe they just wanted to leave everything to the Battersea Dogs Home! The truth is that you cannot fully insulate yourself in your will, even with a letter of wishes, and there is always the danger of an Inheritance Act Claim if the court feels that reasonable financial provision has not been made in the will and the adult child has financial needs.

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[troy]

My estranged Brother is contesting my Mother’s will after ignoring her for 12 years after his wife took thousands of pounds from her.
Does he have much chance of success and is it worth me trying to get an agreement with him before fighting?

[Hayley-hbvx]

Hello. Thank you for this very informative video. My father is an extremely wealthy man and i'm his first born. Neither myself or my Mother have ever received a penny of help from him. He went on to have two more children, raised one of his grandchildren and adopted her sibling from another man. All private schooling for them. Private eveything. Horses. Houses galore. Tennis courts, pools. Tens and tens of property. I know being hurt by this doesn't mean a thing in court. Would it not be taken into consideration at all? That fact that he brought me into this world and knowingly left me to grow up in poverty. Leaving me with abandonedment issues. Hurt and psin. Whilst he enjoyed his pools and tennis courts. The best health care. Would the effect of this not be taken into account. His responsibility laughed at, my life laughed at. It should be illegal to bring a child into the world and leave them to live a hard life whilst you have the means to make a change. The living, breathing, feeling human who is only here because of them. He hasnt died yet, i might go before him. I might be left a fortune, you never know. Some people think in extraordinary ways.

[chittock]

I’m going to ask your question about will that had changed 3 times! A house which was left to 3 brothers, and the young brother was still living there when the mother died, but he was still in his 40s, the 2 other brothers let the brother live there for the feast of his life, under the No in certain conditions that he left the house too the 5 children of the said 2 brothers, the brother who lived in the house for his life, never married or had any children. The first will which stood for 24 years was left to the 5 children, this will was made in 1991, then he changed it in 2015 leaving 75% to his other brother who was still a live and 25% to the 2 children of the dead brother, leaving nothing too the other 3 children, then again 2019 he changed it again leaving it all to the 3 children who was left out of the 2015 will. He did a codicil saying that he took the other 2 out as he thought they was rich, which isn’t the situation. We believe that he was manipulated by 1 of the other children, but I must say that the other 2 brothers signed the house over to him, trusting him to do the right thing! We do have all of the documents. Can you give me some ideas on this!

[gregdawson]

If the adult child had assets over £200K would they be avble to claim from and estate they had been excluded from.

[elizabethwoolnough]

Does bad behaviour by an adult child, including assaulting an elderly parent, affect the outcome of a claim?

[craiganthonyhill]

The 75 act applies to myself
My 2 brothers have been mentioned in the will
But not myself

[leviloveit]

i need ur dire hellp pon God i swear .. i the climant documented in the wil as whosoever? multilillion dollar grantor non contestable upon verbs from the orginal in hand documented filed will of the decesde