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‘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
Dear Quentin, I was mentioned in the will of my mother and her long-time partner. They both passed away recently. I received the funds from my mother’s sale of her Read more
‘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 poor health. While he has two biological children, he has been estranged from them for 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 currently rents out, as well as a small business. After he married my stepmom, they 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 ignoring all the family. I have made numerous attempts to ask questions, but I have 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. Both of my half-sisters have passed away as well, but my parents wanted something to Read more
My 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 from two previous relationships where only one of his children carries his legal last name. 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 usually see her once every two weeks — I live about 25 miles away — 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 gotten along well. At some point in the near future, I will inherit a significant 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 grandfather, remarried a woman a couple of years later. (My mom says she was already Read more