‘I’m simply stunned’: The executor of my mother’s will said I received enough money — and gave $16,000 of my inheritance to a cancer charity
admin Dear Quentin, I was mentioned in the will of my mother and her long-time partner.…
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‘I have no guilt’: My stepfather will leave me his $1 million home. How do I protect my inheritance from his two biological children?
Dear Quentin, My mother passed away four years ago and my stepfather is now in…
Read More‘My brother and I have been seeing her darker side’: My father is worth $3 million, but my stepmother only looks out for her own 6 kids. How do I protect my inheritance?
Before my father married, he owned a home and a separate five-acre property that he…
Read More‘She will sail into the sunset with my dad’s belongings’: My father died and my stepmother is moving to France. There was no memorial. What can I do?
Dear Quentin, My dad passed away and his wife — my stepmother — has been…
Read More‘After my mom died, they did not visit my dad or call him’: My parents left me $800,000. My 2 sisters predeceased them, leaving 6 kids. Do they deserve any inheritance?
Recently, both my parents passed away. The most recent leaves pretty much everything to me.…
Read MoreMy mother’s husband has two children. What happens to my inheritance if my mother dies first? Will my stepfather’s family inherit money from her estate?
Dear Moneyist, My mother is married to her second husband who has two adult children…
Read More‘My aunt has become forgetful’: Her will leaves $1.2 million to three nuns and a friend who cares more about her inheritance than my aunt. What can I do?
She has a house that is worth $1.2 million. I am her only relative. I…
Read More‘My husband and my father never really got along’: How do I ensure my husband of 26 years never gets his hands on my inheritance of several million dollars?
Dear Quentin, I’ve been married 26 years, and my husband and my father never really…
Read More‘My mom says she was already after him at my grandmother’s funeral’: My grandfather married a 2nd time before dying. Do I have any right to an inheritance?
Dear Quentin, My paternal grandmother died when I was 5 years old. Her husband, my…
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‘You’ll leave a mess and they won’t think as highly of you.’ Dying without a will is the ultimate selfish act.
There are many reasons why otherwise responsible adults do not make a will. They’re too…
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