Will issues

Gorteen

Neighbour (who is an old woman) has left her house to her grandson instead of her daughter who lives with her and is her carer! Grandson brought his grandmother to solicitor to make the will. Old lady cannot remember which solicitor she went to and doesn't have a copy of her will. Grandson says the daughter (his mother) is included in the will but won't show a copy to either his grandmother or his mother! It all sounds a bit dodgy to me.
The daughter has asked me what do I think she should do. I "kicked for touch" and said she should seek legal advice!
But really, what can she do?
I'd be more worried about the old granny who may have been taken advantage of by grandson! Is there any way she can ascertain what solicitor she made her will with?

Tow

If she makes a new will it will supersede the original.

little bit of help

Definitely get a solicitors opinion asap.

athlone573

Particularly if her memory is fading

RoamingDoc

Gorteen wrote: »

Neighbour (who is an old woman) has left her house to her grandson instead of her daughter who lives with her and is her carer! Grandson brought his grandmother to solicitor to make the will. Old lady cannot remember which solicitor she went to and doesn't have a copy of her will. Grandson says the daughter (his mother) is included in the will but won't show a copy to either his grandmother or his mother! It all sounds a bit dodgy to me.
The daughter has asked me what do I think she should do. I "kicked for touch" and said she should seek legal advice!
But really, what can she do?
I'd be more worried about the old granny who may have been taken advantage of by grandson! Is there any way she can ascertain what solicitor she made her will with?

A new will would supersede any previous ones.

However, this poor lady is almost certainly being taken advantage of. It would be wise to get her capacity assessed at the same time.

I've seen this a lot before with people trying to "help" elderly relatives who are no longer able to make these kind of decisions.

Disgusting that he's not even willing to show it to her. It's her will ffs. :mad:

Gorteen

I'm trying not to get involved, but it's terrible to see the warped family dynamics. Granny trying to keep everyone happy, daughter and her son (grandson) don't get on so she could be facing homelessness when Granny passes on.... Son probably taking advantage of a situation. Maybe I'm wrong but it all feels wrong!

Claw Hammer

Gorteen wrote: »

I'm trying not to get involved, but it's terrible to see the warped family dynamics. Granny trying to keep everyone happy, daughter and her son (grandson) don't get on so she could be facing homelessness when Granny passes on.... Son probably taking advantage of a situation. Maybe I'm wrong but it all feels wrong!

Either tell the daughter to bring the mother to another solicitor or GTFO.