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Why do people feel entitled to inherit?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,899 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    You should be happy just to not be left with a pile of debt from a dead relative instead of hanging round like a parasite waiting for them to pop their clogs and pay out.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    Suppose some people are just Gowls.

    They feel that the invested their time into that relationship when they could be been working.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Probably greed mostly.

    I have told both my parents thst I don't want a penny left to me. What little they have should be used and enjoyed not scrimping and saving for inheritance.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    I'd be pissed off too if some charity robbed me of my entitlements. Poor woman was obviously duped into this rubbish, who in their right mind would give a charity that and her brothers pittance? I dont know how the judge came to the conclusion she was of sound mind. Judges be crazy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭omega666


    After reading a report in todays Times it occurred to me that a lot of people seem to feel that they have a right or at least an expectation that they are entitled to inherit other peoples money, why is this?
    Surely it should be a pleasant surprise if someone leaves you a few quid in their will, and not a cause for disappointment.
    in this case the man felt his world had been turned upside down because his sister "only" left him €45,000!
    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/brother-fails-in-bid-for-greater-share-of-sister-s-3-5m-estate-1.1506187


    Well i guess a lot of people would invest huge amounts of time over years taking care of all the needs of elderly relatives or neighbours.
    While of course it should be done for love of the person it wouldn’t be unreasonable for the carer to expect that person would show their appreciation for all the help they got when the time comes.


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  • Posts: 24,774 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Some people are told they will be left something, it's obvious to others they will be left something (e.g. An only son being left a farm) so it's not strange that people then expect to be left something.

    It's also the done thing, parents like to give that boost to their children's lives by leaving them something like a house or some money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Well, when my father finally dies, I will regard whatever I will inherit as just payment for the hell he put me through when I was a child.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Chattastrophe!


    He described it as feeling like he won the lotto and lost the ticket! :eek: If his sister's death felt like winning the lotto to him ... he doesn't deserve a penny! What a nasty greedy man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    All he left me was alone


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Well, when my father finally dies, I will regard whatever I will inherit as just payment for the hell he put me through when I was a child.


    And if I he left you nothing would you be pissed of ? ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Chattastrophe!


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    I'd be pissed off too if some charity robbed me of my entitlements. Poor woman was obviously duped into this rubbish, who in their right mind would give a charity that and her brothers pittance? I dont know how the judge came to the conclusion she was of sound mind. Judges be crazy.

    In fairness she probably realised that she could make a massive difference to many charities with that amount of money. Far better spend it that way, rather than leave it all to her two elderly brothers who will shortly be following her anyways.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭joe stodge


    I have 2 uncles who have calculated what they are expecting to inherit, pair of pricks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    realies wrote: »
    And if he left you nothing would you be pissed of ? ;)

    According to German law, there is a certain minimum percentage he has to leave to each of his children.

    I had to smirk, reading the article, though - it sounded very much like a stunt my grandfather (father's father) once tried to pull when he heard that a very distant cousin of his died and left her money to an orphanage.

    I think he failed with the particular lawsuit, too, and served him right.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Equally can a surviving spouse/family member be held accountable for a dead relatives debt?

    A debt should die with the debt holder.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭The Narrator


    The woman in the story sounds like she was a lovely person.

    Sounds like the brother got more than he deserved tbh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    All he left me was alone

    All he left me was a loan.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    hopefully his legal fees were more than the €45k


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,354 ✭✭✭copeyhagen


    i would be happier if my folks just spent what they earned and enjoyed their latter years.

    but at the same time i can see why parents would want to leave soemthing for their offspring to help them out or whatever?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    My parents brought me into the world, provided for me until I was an adult, never left me short of anything (without giving me everything I wanted) and gave me a dozen second chances to educate myself so that I could be in a position to live a pretty good life.

    They owe me absolutely nothing.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Personally speaking, it would be like such a totes bummeroo if the old pair popped their clogs now and left me the family home with the property market in such doldrums.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    SamHall wrote: »
    Equally can a surviving spouse/family member be held accountable for a dead relatives debt?

    A debt should die with the debt holder.

    Don't think they can be held accountable, but I assume any assets left would be used first to cover any debts left.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Cunning Stunt


    I had to laugh at this. The brothers live together and have just inherited the guts of 100k between them. they have nothing to complain about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭McTigs


    DeanAustin wrote: »
    My parents brought me into the world, provided for me until I was an adult, never left me short of anything (without giving me everything I wanted) and gave me a dozen second chances to educate myself so that I could be in a position to live a pretty good life.

    They owe me absolutely nothing.
    good for you, but that really really isn't the case for many people.

    If my dad doesn't leave me a decent chunk of his relatively new found wealth i'll dig him up and kick him around the graveyard.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭Sir Humphrey Appleby


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    I'd be pissed off too if some charity robbed me of my entitlements. Poor woman was obviously duped into this rubbish, who in their right mind would give a charity that and her brothers pittance? I dont know how the judge came to the conclusion she was of sound mind. Judges be crazy.

    Whose entitlements? He solicitor and doctor agreed the woman knew exactly what she was doing.
    How do you consider these charities committed robbery, the woman worked all her life, the only entitlement was hers, to do with as she wanted with HER money.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭Sir Humphrey Appleby


    SamHall wrote: »
    Equally can a surviving spouse/family member be held accountable for a dead relatives debt?

    A debt should die with the debt holder.

    The deceased estate has to settle debts, someone else can only be left liable if they were jointly and severally liable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    I had to laugh at this. The brothers live together and have just inherited the guts of 100k between them. they have nothing to complain about.

    Only one of them contested the will.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭Katgurl


    45k is not a pittance if you have done nothing for it. He sounds horrible and im sure it was her dying wish that he not get his grubby hands on her cash when there were more deserving candidates.

    On a more general note, I also find it baffling when adults are openly discussing what they are entitled to.

    My dad owns a second house, it has been paid off for years and was bought as an investment for when he retires. He keeps it rented out but has let us at times live in it for free to attend college. He is now thinking of selling it. This horrible d!ckhead I knew couldn't believe the audacity of my father - he has two houses, they should be left to two children. Tw@t.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    hopefully his legal fees were more than the €45k

    Apparently all legal fees in a case like this come out of the money from the estate (i.e. the dead Sisters cash paid for his flounce).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    He comes across as a lovely man!

    Anyway, €45k for an 80 year old is plenty, sure new hips have come down in price greatly since the bubble


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭Sir Humphrey Appleby


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Apparently all legal fees in a case like this come out of the money from the estate (i.e. the dead Sisters cash paid for his flounce).

    Not if costs are awarded against him, as is usually the case when you lose, in that case he has to pay all the costs.


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