Odd question

Mirewen said:
They can sue you but they more than likely won't win. For example, there is an old building right across the water from where I work. It is prime real estate because it is ocean front. The crazy woman who owned it died and had stipulated in her will "The land is not to be touched". That means no renovations, no knocking it down, no selling it. Her family has had it for 10 years and it is a run down building that they can get millions for because it is in the busiest area of the city. What is in his will is binding. We also had a woman leave a hotel to a parrot when she died. Her family actually had to wait for the parrot to die before they could take ownership. (lol).
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Wonder if the government would be able to 'steal' it. Whatever that clause is "for the common good." Oh God! We need a fountain right thur.
 
Uzor said:
Someone also gave everything to their cat.

In Sweden, you can't give everything to an animal unless everyone in your family is dead. However, nothing states you can't give everything to a human outside your family. When a rich mofo died in Sweden a while back, he gave everything to his butler, whom had been the only one looking out for him in the past 10 years. His family sued the butler.

They lost.
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Wow, people are greedy. :-\
 
Uzor said:
Someone also gave everything to their cat.

In Sweden, you can't give everything to an animal unless everyone in your family is dead. However, nothing states you can't give everything to a human outside your family. When a rich mofo died in Sweden a while back, he gave everything to his butler, whom had been the only one looking out for him in the past 10 years. His family sued the butler.

They lost.
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Funny yet sad...

It never hurts to stay on your toes, if a mishap occurs it can turn into the mother's favor(such as an car accident,etc.) and that may make her elligible to take hold of the money. I mean it's a bit preposterous to say but if she's willing to sue then is that the only means to get rich quick?

Speaking in the sense of that she's truely insane and money-grubbing as you say.
 
Being the contingent beneficiary means that your grandfather had a life insurance policy, which pays out a certain amount at his death. Normally the proceeds would go to the primary beneficiary, but in the even that the primary beneficiary has died when the policy pays out, that money goes to the contingent beneficiary (i.e. you).

Being the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is considered separate from inheritance of a portion of an estate. Regardless of who the executor of your grandfather's estate is, they should have no legal right to any of that money.

Regardless, the advice that you get legal representation and establish as much independence from your mother as possible is sound. Although she has no legal right to the insurance payout, once the money is in your hands she can try to get it other ways (like suing for room and board or whatever else she can think of).
 
Fellina said:
Although she has no legal right to the insurance payout, once the money is in your hands she can try to get it other ways (like suing for room and board or whatever else she can think of).
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ouch , Myrrh don't let this happen ; ;

I can see that, it's unfortunate that some people would go to those extremes and disolve any chance of a continued relationship.
 
Money is the root of all evil.
 
Rorschach said:
I got it! Myrrh, drop your mom into a volcano. Its friggin fool proof!
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Somehow I don't think that's what they meant in the OP...

And I'm sorry to hear about this Myrrh. It's a shitty situation either way. If you are able to move out and live by yourself I would recommend doing so. And definitely contact a lawyer that can deal with estate and inheritance if you're that concerned that you mom will try to sue you. Legally that sounds like a good thing to do.

Morally, I don't understand how a person could turn against their family for a bit of money. It's your own flesh and blood. I'm not real close to my family, but if I had to choose between money and my family I wouldn't have a very difficult choice, family would win. Even if I had the money I would spend a good amount of it on my family anyway.

Anyway, I hope things get better for you, and I hope you get that vest. It sounds like it would make life easier for your cystic fibrosis and ease up on any medical bills that could arise in the future.
 
Actually, Realia, so long as I stay a resident of Manitoba I never have to pay for anything medical in my life. I pay zero money for meds, hospital stays, surgeries, and w/e else I'm missing. The only thing I've ever had to pay for was my Flutter(A small pipe device with a ball bearing at the back that goes up and down) and that was a 100 dollars.

There is a Vest out there that my awesome medical coverage won't buy with good reason. It's 40,000 dollars. It's amazing in how it works but 40k is a lot of money D:
 
Myrrh said:
Actually, Realia, so long as I stay a resident of Manitoba I never have to pay for anything medical in my life. I pay zero money for meds, hospital stays, surgeries, and w/e else I'm missing. The only thing I've ever had to pay for was my Flutter(A small pipe device with a ball bearing at the back that goes up and down) and that was a 100 dollars.

There is a Vest out there that my awesome medical coverage won't buy with good reason. It's 40,000 dollars. It's amazing in how it works but 40k is a lot of money D:
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Wow, that's awesome that you don't have to pay for any of that. Man I wish the US would get on public health care and actually make it good. I hate the crap I have to do now, since I can't afford health care on my own and since I won't be living with my parents soon I won't be covered on theirs.

And damn that is an expensive vest! That thing better help A LOT for 40K's! >_<
 
From what I'm told, it's called the Life saving Medical care plan or something and only people with CF who were born before 1995 get it. I guess there was a huge medical break through or something in 95 that made it easier for kids born with CF but since Dmg has already been done to the older people it'd just be easier to make our medical expenses free.
 
Wow, no advice I could give other than what's been said, just hope everything works out for you :\ this world is going down the crapper ><\

and I do agree, I wish the US had a bit better health care coverage plans and such :| it's too business centered right now, but that does lead us to have some of the best hospitals and doctors around lol...
 
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