To not want to share my inheritance equaly

[Anonymouslyasking]

My half brother who I love dearly wants me to share my inheritance with him, he says my mum told him she would share it half half. That's not what she told me. Mum had passed away so we can't clarify now.
He received an inheritance from his mum that he didn't share.

I'm happy to give him a share but I feel half is too much. I don't want yo fall out with him but I feel it's unfair. AIBU?

How much is it in total? I think that makes a difference.

Can no one on this thread read OPs updates????

THE MONEY DIDN'T COME VIA THEIR DAD

MMMKAY?

xoxo

@Anonymouslyasking
It's all from my grandparents on my mums side

Then I wouldn't share it. Unless she bought him up or something?

Did you Dad really not bring any wealth into the relationship?

Tell him you will do the same as he did when his mum passed. Don’t argue with him or apologise or try and plead your case. Just keep it simple - ‘my mum wished for me to be the sole beneficiary which I will be honouring as you did with your mum’

Did either of you inherit anything from your father?

So to be more precise, because my mum died before my gran I inherited it straight from my gran. None of it ever belonged to any of my parents. It wa just assumed it would go to my mums

I want to give him some but I feel half is a lot

Seeing as it’s not your father’s money, if your Mum wanted him to inherit from her, she would have arranged for that to happen. She didn’t so say no.

Legally as your Dm died intestate, the rules of inheritance means her estate goes to a surviving husband, and if there is no husband, to any surviving children. Where a child has predeceased them, then if they have children, ie the deceaseds grandchildren, they will share their parent’s share.
OP, where is your father in all this? Is he still alive?

I cross posted with her OK?

If it's not written in the will, then simply don't share it. What's unfair is not carrying out your mums wishes, if she wanted him to have inheritance surly she'd of written him into the will.

No, there was nothing but debt from him

I’m sorry for your loss.

I'm sure you at the moment the thought of falling out with your brother over inheritance is something you would like to avoid. However, please keep in mind that in your moment of grief his thoughts are purely about money. This is a gift to you from your mother and her side of the family. He has no entitlement to it and his behaviour is shameful.

Did she raise him or something?

He received an inheritance from his mum that he didn't share

So why are you even considering giving him anything from your mum's estate?!

I mean, you could, but you'd be being a mug. Because he's not sharing with you. If he is a generous sort and you do benefit from his largesse, then you could likewise treat him the same. Otherwise, he can jog on.

Given that you have different mothers, and the money came solely from your maternal grandparents, I’m struggling to understand why he thinks he has a claim.

Was your mum his stepmother? Is your dad still alive?

Why would she do that?

Even if the wealth originated from the OPs mothers family, there is an argument that because (if?) the OPs mother and father were married it was both of their wealth and therefore half the fathers wealth (from when he died) should go to the brother.
It depends.

OP, what do you think your Dad would have wanted or expected you to do?
I don't see the fact that the brother kept all the money from his own mother as relevant at all.

Yes but the relationship was tumultuous and they didn't see or speak for 20 years.

Why would he be entitled to some of your maternal grandparents money?

Not everyone goes through the whole thread reading updates. Just ignore what you deem irrelevant lol

So your Dm didn’t leave anyone anything, your inheritance has come from a grandparent?

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Edited as updates posted whilst I was typing.