Huge back story but I'll try to be brief.
My brother has been an alcoholic for years and lost everything, he lives on benefits in a flat which he admits is awful, rubbish several feet high, broken windows etc.
Due to some terrible behaviour from him we're now nc with him, we being me and Mum, Dad died 4 years ago.
After Dad died Mum panicked that if anything happened to her then 50% of her assets would go to my brother and he'd drink himself to death then it'd go to his 2 children who we haven't seen for 15 years.
She decided to write a will and leave it all in my name knowing it'd eventually pass to my 2 dd's which she was happy with, she told my brother and he was fine with the decision.
She's worried though that he'll try and contest it though, purely out of spite as things got very bad before we went nc with him, she's been told a few things (by friends not solicitors) that she should've left a token amount ie 1k to prove she considered him and that if he does contest he'll likely win.
She's even asked me not to tell him if she passes away but would I have to tell the solicitor about him when the will comes into effect?
He came into 65k last year when his ex sold their house which was in joint names and he'd blown the lot in a few months on alcohol and gambling and she's terrified he'll do the same with the money my Dad worked hard all his life for.