Has anyone ever tried to do this either successfully or not?
Apologies for long yet still abridged post....!
My father passed not long ago and it has been a long running 'joke' (I suspect otherwise) that he has a mirror will and his wife (not my mother) will get everything. My father in his naivety has trusted this woman to leave me an amount probably upon her death and not before as she will say any money of his is 'in the house'. I do not like this woman who has been married to my father for 23 years and the feeling is certainly mutual. She has never had children and tells everyone how her nephews and nieces are going to do very well when she goes.
She recently inherited £250k (her mother) and lives in a house jointly owned with my father worth approximately £400k. They both have and had, good pensions as people who were in jobs for life tended to do.
If I get left (rumoured) £20k does anyone think it would be worth pursuing through the courts for more? If she decides not to give me a penny, do I go to court. If she was a nice person who hadn't treated my like crap for 25+ years then I wouldn't bother but when it comes to money she has an illness. She will not want me to have a penny and my father could not see the tension between us and I believe was probably coerced as to what and how the will was written.
Thank you for bearing with me, all replies appreciated.