My dad died 15 years ago and left everything to his wife, my step-mum. That included the proceeds from what was our family home as children, since he put that into their new house when he married step-mum. A few years after his death she met someone, moved away to live with him and made a new will. Shortly thereafter she married him. We were still close and I was glad she had found happiness after my dad's death. Sadly, a year after that she mentioned in passing that she was seeing a doctor about some funny aches and pains...and 2 weeks later she was dead. Pancreatic cancer. It was a horribly difficult time.
Anyway, she had said on her death bed that she had left things in trust to us, my dad's 3 children. (She had none of her own.) I thought no more of it tbh, assumed one day something would come our way, perhaps when the husband passed away. However, ten years on and out of curiousity I have just got hold of the will.. and it turns out that she appointed her new husband and his daughter as trustees, left them everything, in trust, but to dispose of when they see fit. So even when step-mum's new husband dies, the daughter will still be a trustee to do what she wants. We are dis-inherited effectively aren't we?? Can anyone advise in case I have got this wrong? Thanks for any comments.
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I don't think step-mum meant this, but my siblings and I will never see anything of the proceeds from our family home will we?
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WillOrWont · 13/10/2019 17:50
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