It's another will one. What do you think about this will?

[LindorDoubleChoc]

Single parent dies. They have two children in their 60s. I'm using children in the broadest term here because obviously they are not children.

One of these has two children in their early 20s (their only grand children). The other "child" has none.

The child who has no children is pretty well off. The child with two children is not so well off (possibly because apparently it costs £180,000 per child to raise them from birth to 18).

The parent divides the will one third each to her two children, and one third for the grand children to be split 50/50 between them.

What do you think of that?

I see my relatives, adults and children, as individuals.

For example at Christmas I give my siblings dc equal presents regardless of how many dc they have. So if one sibling has 1 dc they get a £30 pressie. If another sibling has 3 dc, they also each get a £30 pressie. Family of 3 dc will give my 1 dc one £30 pressie, that is how it should be.

I don't see the problem with wills treating dc, dgc as individuals either. I say this as a 1 dc family where my siblings have multiple dc. I would simply be happy for all the dgc, my nieces and nephews, individually that they had been bequeathed.

It is a reasonable choice for someone to make to bequeath to their dgc. It is their choice. Anyone disputing it is simply crass and grabby calculating how much they have "lost" rather than being grateful for how much they were given.

Their loved one made a reasonable choice, do them the honour of respecting it.

That makes no differenct

Personally I think it should be to the direct DC - but its the choice of the person making the will

My parents asked me and my sister what we wanted 😂
my sister has two kids I have
I said I was happy for my half to go direct to my son
my sister wanted anything to be left directly to her

So that’s what happened

@LindorDoubleChoc letting yourself down a bit there, of course it's okay for you to say that, it's a forum. And it's your opinion.

You also sound a bit thick. 🥰

"Letting yourself down" says the person calling the OP "grabby" 😂

You misunderstand me.

I meant the irony of calling somebody stupid, when you don't appreciate that on a public forum, you can say anything you want.

And you have to ask if it's okay... 🙄

😂

It's often very hilarious, what people just can't grasp on here 😂😂

Yeah, like what "grabby" means.