Daughters inheritance

[lollipoprainbow]

My daughters dad will inherit money from his parents house sale once his mum dies (dad died 2 years ago). If anything should happen to him before he inherits will the money automatically pass to our daughter ? He's adamant that it will and he doesn't need to make a will. I'm not so sure, Any advice ?

@Mouseonmychair I do earn and provide for my daughter thank you.

Erm, what are MIL's wishes ?

@Seemssounfair I'm looking out for my daughters future which is what any decent parent does. I'm not crass and grabby.

No will then no money . But why your so bothered it's his mums house and would he his inheritance and non of them are even dead yet its a bit ott

Why are people so spectacularly missing the point? The MIL's will currently leaves money to her son. Her son wants it to go to his daughter if he dies first. He doesn't have a will and doesn't think he needs one. OP wants to convince him he does if he wants his wishes to be carried out without hassle. No one is being grabby - it's called planning.

I think there are a lot of bitter people on here without an inheritance in the future. Full disclosure, I certainly won't have one.

@BigSandyBalls2015

Bit premature! Is his mum unwell?

It is not premature to make a will! Everyone should have one. Especially if you have kids. You don't wait until you are ill to make it.

Thank you @getsanta !!

@Conspiracyornotr

No will then no money . But why your so bothered it's his mums house and would he his inheritance and non of them are even dead yet its a bit ott

You don't wait until after you are dead to make a will.

A lot of people struggle with facing the fact that they or a loved one will at some point die, but to make a decent will you need to force yourself to think through all the different things that might happen, i.e. what order people might die in, and cover all the bases. Sticking your head in the sand and ignoring it is not doing your loved ones a kindness as it may leave a mess that a valid well-worded will could have avoided.

Sorry OP but you sound really rude and entitled. That money is not 'rightfully here' and to be honest you have no right getting involved in somebody else's will!

@accidentlygothereagain no not rude and entitled just being a good mum. I know that the will states my ex Partner is going to inherit half as he told me and it was discussed. I'm not sticking my nose jn someone else's will.

@ProudThrilledHappy

Can’t wait for my son to grow up and get married so my DIL can plan where my money goes

Snap!

@mugoftea456 bitter !

[quote lollipoprainbow]@mugoftea456 bitter ! [/quote]
Please explain how I am bitter?

@mugoftea456 you along with numerous others making snidey, sarcastic and rude comments about my perfectly reasonable question. Guess you are all bitter and twisted to react in such a nasty way.

@getsanta

Why are people so spectacularly missing the point? The MIL's will currently leaves money to her son. Her son wants it to go to his daughter if he dies first. He doesn't have a will and doesn't think he needs one. OP wants to convince him he does if he wants his wishes to be carried out without hassle. No one is being grabby - it's called planning.

I think there are a lot of bitter people on here without an inheritance in the future. Full disclosure, I certainly won't have one.

With respect, I think you might be missing the point.

Yes, her DD’s father should have a will to say where he wants his own money to go, that’s only sensible. If he doesn’t make one, though, and dies intestate (without a will), the law says his money will pass to his next of kin which is his DD. She’s first in line and gets it all. So actually he needs to do nothing really if he doesn’t want to - DD inherits anyway.

What happens to his mums money (DD’s GM) is entirely different. That depends on her will, and whether it says that if her son dies before her the money in her estate should go to his descendant or all of it go to the surviving brother.

There’s nothing anyone can do about that will wording now if she lacks capacity to change it.

@NoSquirrels

That may be the case and is exactly why the OP would have posted this in Legal Matters. To navigate this tricky area. Maybe her ex having a will won't help, but that's why she's, you know, asking.

Basically

If MIL dies before exH, no issue the inheritance of her 50% of the estate passes to him, and on her death to DD.

If exH dies before MIL, it depends on the wording of her will whether DD inherits.

None of this can be changed by exH making a will at this point in time.

[quote lollipoprainbow]@mugoftea456 you along with numerous others making snidey, sarcastic and rude comments about my perfectly reasonable question. Guess you are all bitter and twisted to react in such a nasty way. [/quote]
Nope. @ProudThrilledHappy's post was witty and true. I agreed with what they were saying.

I kept my opinion on your exMIls money firmly to myself, as you had already had a pile on. If you would like my opinion on how the money is and will never be anything to do with you, then I will happily give it to you.

If MIL dies before exH, no issue the inheritance of her 50% of the estate passes to him, and on his death to DD (if there’s any left)

@mugoftea456 no it's ok thank you I have already received some measured and helpful responses.

This is cringy the lady is still alive she could leave it to the cats home. Grim thread

If his Mum has had a will drawn up it should refer to "per stripes" (or similar). This is in my mum's will to be clear that should one of her children dies, their share of the money goes to their children, if any, rather than being divided between her other children.
Don't quite get the hysteria on here about it. It's sensible to make sure her will is valid and does what she wants. I recently dug my mums out, she is 81 and in declining health. I talked it through to make sure it still says what she wants to happen. It does, so happy days. In our case my dbro hasn't had children so wanted to check if she wanted his share, if he goes first, to go to grandkids. She is happy with it as it is.

@Bananarama21 if you'd bothered to read the thread properly you would see that she has agreed for it to go to my ex partner.

I feel rather sorry for your daughter, but not because she may not get an inheritance.