My mum is 76 and met her husband when she was 62. They were married for 9 years.
They had an amazing life in their older years and made each other very happy.
He had cancer on and off for a while, but his death was sudden and not expected.
He had applied for documentation to do a new will, but got took into hospital with sepsis and sadly died after a short time, without changing his will.
His wishes though were that his home, which my mum moved in to, went to his only child, on the proviso my mum could stay there as long as she wanted, whilst my mum had any other money in his bank account. They did have a joint account, but he also had his own account.
His child is the executor of his will that he made after his first wife died and sadly never got round to updating.
His daughter has already started talking about how she wants to redecorate the house (even though she resides in another country in Europe), will be travelling over to engage a solicitor and basically intimated my mum will be getting nothing.
I don't think my mum would contest the will or anything like that, as she just wants a peaceful life and has already started making arrangements to move closer to her children, but I feel like her poor husband would be turning in his grave seeing how she is being treated and that his wishes are not being followed. She cannot afford to buy and will need to rent somewhere now for the rest of her years.
Would it be worth us encouraging her to get a solicitor or with the daughter named as sole beneficiary and no updated will, would it be a waste of time?
Sorry that was long and thank you in advance to anyone who responds.