My (D)M went NC with me in 1988 after i told her that I and my DP were having a baby. I made numerous attempts to talk to her about this, the last in 1993, but every attempt was rebuffed. I was to,d I was cruel and it was made perfectly clear that I should just leave her alone.
She has now died and I have been told by her solicitor that she has left her personal effects to me, a couple of small legacies to other people and the balance of her not inconsiderable estate to a charity with which markets aggressively via solicitors, but with which she had no connection.
Everyone I have told about this has said I should contest. I am trying to make an appointment to see a solicitor about this, but wondered what anyone else might think.
The Will was made in December 1988 and revised by codicil on 1993. It was made by our family solicitors, so I am sure it will have been properly executed etc. However, my DM was a strange woman, who had a long history of mental health issues. She suffered very badly from general anxiety, OCD, agoraphobia, social anxiety and my childhood memories really consist of her being hysterical and then being physically, verbally Nd emotionally