Looking for some help with regards to an inheritance issue in Scotland.
My mums father passed away recently and he had been married to his last wife for a long time. My mum assumed any inheritance would be passed to her step mum and to be honest wasn't really thinking that way, more upset about her father passing away.
A few weeks ago her step mum came to visit and told her that her father had not drawn the will up 'properly' and that herself, my mum and her brother would all receive a third of his moveable assets. The house was her step mums as it was paid off. Her step mum then proceeded to ask my mum to relinquish her third and give it to her as should she take the money 'her standard of living would decrease' she said it was what my mums father would have wanted. This was not asked of my mums brother as 'he would take the money anyway'. So as not to drip feed or to indicate a 'poor old woman' , her step mother has her own business which earns well, a fully paid off house and car.
She told my mum that a letter would follow from the lawyers and this would offer my mum the undisclosed sum and she would really appreciate it if my mum gave her her third of the moveable assets.
My mum was at her asking at all. Who is being unreasonable? And as an aside could her step mum tell the lawyers that my mum doesn't want her third without my mum stating this?
Grateful for any advice and help!!
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Is my Mum or her Stepmum being unreasonable RE inheritance
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Nurserytastic · 09/08/2014 12:22
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