Moral dilema

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My mum passed away yesterday she has six sons including myself. She had been I'll for several years with co PD. The rest of her sons didn't help with her care it was left to me to look after her. She has substantial savings and as we live in Scotland all her sons are entitled to an equal amount of her moveable estate meaning money. Knowing this mum gave me a fair amount of money from her savings as I had been there for her and she didn't think it right that the rest of her sons got the same when they hadnt been there for her. The money is still there hasn't been touched but I have doubts on keeping it as it feels wrong and if it came out I might be done for fraud or something so I'm just wondering what others would do in this situation

I think you need to seek legal advice.

So sorry to hear about your mum

She gave it to you. As a gift, before she passed. On that basis I dont think you have an problem with regards to your brothers claiming it ...but you might owe inheritance tax.

Morally...only you can decide that x

It was her decision, unless you stood over her with an axe!

Honouring her choice seems fine, but I'd agree with Groovee that legal advice is a good idea, especially if your brothers are likely to dispute it.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

Did your mum have a will? Does that specify who inherits what? I think you need legal advice. It’s not my area of law so I can’t recall specifics, but I believe under Scottish law any substantial amounts paid to one child of the deceased prior to their death are factored in to their inheritance, so you would get a correspondingly smaller share of the remaining estate to make up for what you have already received. A solicitor should be able to put you right on exactly what your entitlement is. It’s worth knowing because if you say nothing now and then one of your brothers challenges you down the line, it could cause no end of problems.

That's what I think cat my brothers could challenge it saying she was elderly vulnarabke and I took advantage basicly play victim although they were more than happy to sit back and let me literally wipe her behind confort her while she cried that she didn't want to die and be up to see her 5 or 6 times a night because shed get out of bed to use comode and fall as the saying goes the laws an ass