Inheritance split - how to split when siblings have different numbers of children

[Benja1405]

Divorced parent died - two married sons in will, one has 3 children and one has 2. What do you feel is the fairest way for the estate to be split? Lawyer thought straight 50/50 between the two sons. Son with 3 children thinks 55/45 in his favour is fairer as he has more children. AIBU to think that this is unfair on the other son? Just interested in views, thanks.

It's none of either sons' business how the will is split – you don't get to put a request in beforehand! Cheeky sod.

The lawyer is right – fairest is a 50:50 split, unless you are leaving it to the grandchildren, then it should be split five ways.

my parents have left some to the grand children separately and then the rest 50/50 between my brother and myself.

Totally agree with this.

My Grandparents are still alive! And very secretive about what their wills state, can you possibly imagine why they don’t want to drop so much as a hint? I’m secretly hoping that it’s all left in Trust to the Rock On The Front Garden to managed by Santa Clause or some shit.

My grandparents on both sides gave a named sum of money to each grandchild but the residue was split equally between all their own children. Who, if they choose, can givevit to their children or not.

50/50

Children receive equal shares, all other things being straightforward.

Grandchildren are irrelevant. Seriously. I mean what if 1 sibling had no children and another one had 5? Would the first sibling get nothing?

50/50 between siblings. Nothing to do with children of theirs

Ah, missed that the parent's already died. Well, it's whatever the will says – unless there's no will? If that's the case, a 50:50 split between the adult children is still fairest. If the parent wanted to leave it to their grandkids, they'd have made provision and not left it to chance like this.

50/50 - it's not about how many grandchildren you have. It's a bit weird that the will didn't say "to my two sons in equal shares".

I would carry that split forward even if something had happened to the sons and the money was going directly to the next generation yes so would I

I don't understand what you mean when you say "lawyer thought..."

If there is a will then it will be clear surely? If it says "divided equally between my two sons, X and Y" then it's 50/50.

My dad his split his into thirds,
a third for me, a third for my brother and a third split even between all five grandchildren so all grandchildren get the same amount and both children get the same.

My parents have skipped us and divided it equally amongst grandchildren instead.

That's hilarious. Of course it's 50:50.

Of COURSE it goes 50/50

the son/brother who thinks he should get more is a selfish twat.

50 50. What would happen if one child couldn't have children. They'd be penalised.

50/50. The amount of children is irrelevant.

It would normally be split 50/50. If the brothers want to pass some on to their DC then they should do this before it's passed to them as Revenue only allows £3k annual distribution to children from a parent outside the 7 year gift rules.
It depends on the sum of Inheritance I suppose.

OP you probably need to say on this thread that the will is ready done and is 55/45. Not sure why you put a thread in legal too but it would help to keep the info in both.

50/50

50/50 although I am staggered how many people dont actually do that. I could understand if there was somedrug misuse on one side but the PP who says the GP's are very secretive about their wills doesnt bode well.

Things like this can split families up. I had a relative who had married a few times. Left her current husband a 1/7th of her estate and the rest to her many children. Problem was that the money was all tied up in a house. What was she thinking of. It caused a massive split in the family. Some of the children wanted their money now!

50:50
Unless something different is specified in the will, which I presume it's safe to say isn't the case if this is even up for debate. Or is it a dog's dinner of a will?

Which daughter-in-law are you OP?

Either 50/50 between the adult children, or split it evenly between everyone (so that children and grandchildren all get an equal share).

50/50, the children should have an even split, doesn't matter how many children each of the sons have

And then of course you have to remember step children. People can get very funny about that too

OP isn't coming back then. Can we hear more about the brother with eight kids? I thought mine was bad 😂