Siblings and inheritance

Exactly.

If there is a fall out over this estate it will be your sisters doing, not yours.

Sorry for your loss.
She was quick off the mark and probably had this outcome planned since moving in.
Don’t let her destroy the will.
DMs solicitor will probably have copy but it will delay matters.
Valuation is normally at date of death. Even if it takes a while I’m sure you will get what your parents wanted.

I know you don't want to fall out with your Sister but she's being greedy. Her family have lived rent free and she's got used to it but that was your DM's choice, now it's different. Get legal help to enact the will and probate and don't feel guilty, she didn't move in for your DM's benefit and she doesn't deserve to get more than you

Sorry for your loss.

Speak to a lawyer and make sure you get what is yours.

I have a sibling like this. She's so entitled and I know she has taken advantage of my mum financially for the sake of herself and her family.

Either she buys you out/pays you rent but whatever you do, get it all done legally.

Dependency is a way to challenge a Will. Whether you Dsis has enough of a claim, I wouldn’t know

This. Verbal agreements (if they even existed in the first place) mean absolutely nothing when someone dies. If its not in the will, it cannot legally happen. If the deceased felt it was that important then they should have re-written their will to reflect that but they didnt so it brings into question how truthful this claim even is in the first place.

Your mum could have given your sister a right of occupation in the Will for a fixed period that ends and house is then divided between you but she chose not to. Legally the house is half yours.

She's being a CF.

She either buys you out or the house gets sold.

Get the lawyers to sort it.

World of difference between "I do hope you manage to stay living here" (by buying out your sister and getting a mortgage) than changing her legal will to give everything to one sibling.

I can see this happening in our wider family in a few years. Makes me super uncomfortable as to the fallout.

you are definitely going to fall out with your sister. the will has not been changed to benefit her and therefore the house has to be sold. who is the executor?? a solicitor needs to be invoved. it wont cost much and is deductible from the proceeds if sale. It is up to the executor to ensure that the wishes of your mother are followed through. It is amazing the number of people who think they can claim a house just by moving in and she moved in when your mum was vulnerable!!

Your sister is acting unethically and selfishly.

You need to get two or three sensible market estimates of the value of the house and then she needs to buy you out of your half. Or you get an estimate from an estate agent of a market rent and she needs to pay rent.

Simplest is to sell it. Your sister would then have a substantial deposit for buying a house of her own rather than stealing half of one from you.

Succinctly put. I am sorry for your loss op. The advice to leave it for now and let solicitors sort it out later is good.

Your DSis is the very reason why Wills are legally binding, so that greedy relatives don't get to dictate what a deceased loved one "wanted". Funny how that's always to the benefit of the person being greedy and never the other way around.

She’s being a cf.

If she wants to honour her mothers alleged wishes, then she should buy you out and live there.

Also just flagging that you're likely to be entitled to some rent from her if she stays there between probate and the sale of the property.

It's hardly a jumper or piece of jewelry, it's the major asset of her estate... it needs to be split, whether sister buys your share (via mortgage or private financial arrangement)... executor should be on top of this. And if you are executors together, it's an awkward conversation, but one that needs to happen. They have been living there rent free (perhaps not paying utilities either), the free ride has come to an end.

If it says 50/50 it's 50/50. Dos they pay to live there? They were given a massive opportunity to save. If they didn't that's not on you and I'd be getting in someone to value the property. If they want to pay out your 50% then that's on them. They moved in because it was convenient and suited them- there was no altruism.

If they want to stay, they need to buy out your 50%. You say they are both working, so why would this be an issue? They can’t just camp there forever without compensating you for your 50%.

She has in effect been left half of a house, so, unless there is anything in the Will to the contrary, she either has to move out, or buy out your half. If your DM had wanted her to have the house it would have been in the Will. Get legal advice if necessary.

I'm sorry for your loss , and also that you are having to deal with this nonsense.

That house is half yours, OP. Sell the house and get what you’re entitled to.

Your sister is being a greedy bitch.

I am sorry to hear about your mum. Very sad

To your post and what are your rights - they are exactly what your mother stipulated in her will - she wanted you to have half of what she had including the house. Just get the will with a solicitor and they can tell tell Dsis she can buy out your half or it is sold. Given she is living there I suspect she won't make it easy - but given how she is acting there isn't a way in a month of Sundays I would rent my half to them - I would bet the farm you'll never see the rent for her half.

Horrid situation , but were it me I would just get the solicitor to explain half the house inter alia is yours and so she needs to buy you out or it is sold. I suspect it will be a rocky time but stick out for the sale or her buying your half . That is what I would do.

How horrid you are having to deal with this as well as losing your Mum
All the very best to you

Good god, your sister isn't wasting any time is she?

This is an emotional time. Tell her you're mourning your mother this week, and the rest can wait.

When the time is right, say you're leaving it with the lawyers- you don't want to compromise your relationship with her by negotiating or debating it yourselves.

She is out of her mind expecting you to gift the majority of your inheritance to her. She's already had an incredible financial advantage by living there, presumably rent free, for years.

As PPs have said- lawyers will advise you that she can buy you out, or you can rent your half to her, or you can force a sale.

She's had plenty of time to save a deposit, and she's now receiving half a house for free. She has no business feeling hard done by.

You can sell it and either she buys your half or she moves out.

Your DSIS is a CF