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To: sodpoodle
It would depend on how he wrote his will.

If he left his money to "my children" then yes.

If he left his money to "My children, Denise, George, and Fred" and you are not any of those people then no.

Most wills do the second. Some include that if one of the named heirs contests the will that they are automatically disinherited.

If your relative was smart like my FIL he left a will that, read, in part "being of sound mind, I spent it all!"

4 posted on 12/08/2019 12:26:34 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I passed this along to a couple nice widows we know with A$$hole adult children. I advised them to give each one a $.


24 posted on 12/08/2019 12:49:07 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

it would also depend upon whether the estate reached final settlement and was closed out ... generally, after that, it’s a totally done deal, because the whole point of settling an estate is to allow time for all interested parties to put in their claims, including the taxman, creditors and all others ... after the estate is closed, it ceases to exist as an entity, so i’d think it would be impossible to put in a claim after the estate closed out ...


52 posted on 12/08/2019 1:41:19 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

It would depend on how he wrote his will.
If he left his money to “my children” then yes.

If he left his money to “My children, Denise, George, and Fred” and you are not any of those people then no.

LOL. Get real. The will went through probate 30 years ago if there was one. Any money is long gone.


71 posted on 12/08/2019 3:34:51 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

No, the estate was settled long ago.


77 posted on 12/08/2019 4:25:17 PM PST by erkelly
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