Friend forged her mother's will

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I have recently learnt that my friend who I have known since forever forged her late mother's will.

I don't want to go into too much detail about how I learnt this as it will be too outing.

It was nearly 4 years ago when her mother was most vulnerable on her death bed little over a week before she passed. There was another will put in place for around 20 years before this new will and that previous will was destroyed by my friend. Both wills were made at home.

It has nothing to do with me, but my friend took advantage of her dying mother, and now I feel different towards her because of this. I am supposed to be her bridesmaid at her wedding in a few months and I cannot get past how someone could do that for her own advantage. I have known this friend since nursery. We are both late 20's now.

Is it wrong of me to feel different about my friend? I understand this has nothing to do with me but it's the fact she has done it. How cruel towards her other family members.

This is a crime and one for the cops!!!!!!!!

I agree. It's not hard to get hold if somebody's assets if they are relatively small. I was my great aunt's executor. Her will (signed and witnessed correctly) named me as such obviously. I went with my mum to register the death then rang her bank. Having given the death certificate number and confirmed my id they transferred her whole account to an account I nominated within hours. I was quite chocked as to how easy it was but of course I was not trying to commit fraud and easy arrangements are what banks are pushed to offer the bereaved.

Not much you can do if they weren’t done properly through a solicitor.
how did she fake the 2 witness signatures?

Why on earth would you want to? What she did is so vile that I would end the friendship.

This is only the one thing you know about. What else might she have done and how many people may know about those things? I wouldn't want to even be associated with her. Remember, 'lie down with dogs, get up with fleas'.

Tell her that you will not only not be IN the wedding, you will not be attending it. Then go NC. Someone who will steal from their own family by taking advantage of their dying MOTHER will steal from anyone. She is untrustworthy, and not deserving of your friendship.

When did you find this out 4 years ago or just recently?

I would report it if that hadn't been done already. It's horrible to corrupt someone dying wishes. I wouldn't stay friends but that doesn't mean you shouldn't if you want to.

Personally I couldn't live with myself by not doing the right thing!

This person is untrustworthy and to me I could not have a friend who I knew had no morals and who I could not trust. To defraud family members like that.

I'd be taking a trip to the police station. I wouldn't want that on my conscience.

No and no. I couldn’t live with myself not doing anything but I would think twice about doing so. But I couldn’t remain friends with this person I think. More context is needed.

You don’t tell us how you know. That is vital piece of information. This friend to whom you have been asked to be a bridesmaid is obviously not trusted by you?
The person who told you ( how did they know? ) you trust more. Your friend could well be innocent and you are not being good friend. Why don’t you ask her? It all sounds too much like secrets and lies and conspiracy to me.
its very common to have a will that was written twenty years before changed when death is imminent and mind has been changed. Nothing fishy in that and if your friend was the one giving her most care at the end she may well have been favored.
To believe your friend forged the will means you don’t trust her. I wouldn’t want someone who didn’t trust me to be my bridesmaid … so think on. Come clean to your friend tell her what you think.
pwople imagine all kinds of things out of jealousy and spite. Wills are wills and not everyone usually thinks they are fair.
if you have cast iron evidence (?) and you are frightened of her then bow out. But it sounds like wicked whispers to me.

Does she know that you know?

It's the complete lack of trust and disrespect to her mother and her last wishes. You are right to look at her differently. This is quite pathological behaviour in my opinion. Also its indicative of her lack of character. What else would she do? Or has done ? That's what you have to ask yourself.
Money brings out the absolute worst in some people. I also think this kind of behaviour ( illegally changing wills)is under reported and rife. Just my opinion. I would worry she would set me up in some way.

If this is true and you refuse to outline how you know, how you're certain she stole from her mother and how you knew the details of the 20 year-old will including the details of the updated will then I'm not sure anyone can really help. Hmmm

Awful woman,not a friend I would wish to have

What was the point of this thread??

Unceremoniously dump. No explanation needed. Also there's a lot to be said about 'truth will out.' If she really did that, and you said you 'recently learned' about it, that means that the incriminating facts are floating around there somewhere, and considering the type of person she is, it's highly likely that sooner or later someone's going to blow the gaff. I can't be bothered to look up right now what the penalties are in the UK for doing that but I would imagine they would mean a spell at His Majesty's pleasure.

We never really know someone.

Edit: just a quick afterthought. You said 'You recently learned.' Considering the seriousness of this, I would respectfully suggest you are absolutely sure about the facts about this alleged offence.

Inheritances and wills are often fraught and involve a lot of resentment, jealousy and negative emotions. You need to make sure that the allegations are true and not just someone with a grudge poisoning the conversation so to speak.

I'd report to the police without hesitation.

How did she change it and what were her reasons? Did she think it was wrong?

You could/ should report her to the police for fraud as it is illegal what she has done. She would be no friend of mine, To cheat your own family and mother is despicable, There is a slightly similar situation within my family, in the fact that a family member cheated their own mother and siblings out of property and inheritance