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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I've said it before, but I always take the "my family would never argue over my parent's estate, I hope they spend every dime on themselves" comments with a grain of salt. No one truly knows how a dispute involving money will actually affect them until it happens to them. Basically a "talk is cheap" type approach.
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Indeed. There's also some self selection bias here. I'm sure there are some people who are totally planning on contesting their parents estate, but they're not likely to come on here and post that, because it sort of makes them look bad.
Also, I suspect there will be multiple estate battles in my families future. My maternal grandparents death in particular will be a battle royale (one of their children farms the family farm, a different one lives on a second property they own, there's complicated shares of a house, etc). That family will fight over that money.
Personally, I've decided to deal with it by not getting involved, and if I get a cheque at the end great. If not, I loved my grandparents and I make enough money for my own family to live on. It takes at least two people to fight, you can opt out, it just might cost you some money.