Did you ever have a Mom or Dad or close grandparent die and leave you siblings WAY more then you

This kind of thing was outlawed in most of continental Europe long ago. But the US still probably has a law where you at least get to know the dollar amount.

My grandparents died when I was about 14. My stepmom insinuated for years that my grandmother was a “great investor” and had left me a large inheritance. I was “taken care of,” she said.

It turned out her “great investments” were CDs and I got like $700.

My stepmom was both a moron and a horrible c-word, so I’m not sure which side was at fault for making me think I was coming into money when I became an adult.

I am expecting my dad to leave more to my brother. He likes my brother better because he’s worthless. Badge of honor.

Family sucks.

I had the rug pulled out from under me, too, and scrambled like crazy while those I'm related to retired long, long ago, and struggle deciding whether to play tennis or have lunch at the club days.

Something similar. My niece's grandparents left her their paid-off home. The niece took care of them before they died and was the only child or grandchild who responsible. Her mother (my brother's wife) was a disaster. She and my brother went through two bankruptcies, borrowed money from her parents (the grandparents) with no intention of ever paying it back. The grandparents had one other daughter who was well off and wanted them to leave the home to the niece.

What happened was that the niece's mother sued her daughter for the home. The claim was that the mother was mentally unfit to leave her own daughters the home. The mother (my sister-in-law) won the lawsuit, got the home, and evicted my niece (her daughter).

The end result is that they (my brother and his wife) took a maximum mortgage out on the free-and-clear home, spend their winnings, failed to keep up with the payments, lost the home, and filed for bankruptcy #3.

[quote]off it is wrote:

The claim was that the mother was mentally unfit to NOT leave her own daughters the home.[quote]

A correction.

Very sad stories so far of backward medieval-era court opinions.

Louisiana remains the only US state to practice the enlightened Napoleonic code, which abolished the right of parents to disinherit their children.

Nobody has ever died and left be anything, and I bet that's not unusual.

This is a little outside my expertise, but in the US, if you were left anything in 1991, you would have known about it almost immediately. If funds or assets came directly to you, you would have learned about it in 1991. If the funds went into a trust, you should have known about it a long time ago... either when it was set up (1991) or when you were eligible to receive the assets. That's typically when you reach 21 or more commonly 35. Even so, you should have been notified that the trust existed.

Your grandmother *might* have left something to your dad with the verbal understanding that it be willed to you in his will, but that's not binding. Grandma says, "I'm leaving the ABC property to you, but I want you to give it to your son, not his sisters." Not binding. Dad can do anything he wants with the property.

If there is any other property, the County Clerks office can find the deed to see if it's in a trust, but if it's in your dad's name or your sister's names, you are out of luck. You got zero.

I'm not an attorney. I could be wrong, but I think this is US law. Maybe some attorneys can chip in here.

Hey folks, get over it and make your own way in life.

stan the corgi wrote:

Hey folks, get over it and make your own way in life.

This right here. And if you have built a good relationship with your sisters, they will share.

He never told me the amount or anything, by he said yesterday it was a little something, and before indicated that it was all gone , so l can't really get a straight answer. I guess he used it for a few small things and played off like he payed for it with his own money, when infact it was from the trust, just like all those years he basically told me he owned that property and was making 250k a year just off that, but only yesterday told me he didn't own it but my sister's did.

Op. It is pretty normal for people to leave different family members different amounts. Don't stress it too much as you can and should be able to be comfortable financially on your own.

I personally don't care if anyone leaves me anything. Or if another family member took my inheritance. Ive had more than enough support.

think first wrote:

stan the corgi wrote:

Hey folks, get over it and make your own way in life.

This right here. And if you have built a good relationship with your sisters, they will share.

. No infact my sister never had a job in her life. Like I said there are many strange things about all of this. We aren't talking a little difference, but a drastic difference.

Your old man sounds like a real piece of garbage and you're only hurting yourself by investing a lot of emotianl energy in something you have no control over. Cut him out of your life and move one.

On the one hand you got some free money which is better than most, but on the other hand you got screwed. I probably would be hurt and angered.

From the other end, I am writing my will and I divided things equally between my two daughters. But, I really don't want to because one daughter is very well off financially and the other is just doing okay. The poorer really could use the extra money but I don't want hard feelings after I die, so I am giving them equal treatment.

Your dead grandmother was a rich batch.

None of us deserve a dime from anyone else unless we worked for it. Being related to someone is not working for it.

90s Guy wrote:

None of us deserve a dime from anyone else unless we worked for it. Being related to someone is not working for it.

Have fun wasting the rest of your life (and the lives of your future generations) being a wage slave.

I wouldn't worry too much about it, it's not yours. I do not expect anything from my grandparents, and am not making any plans in my life in the assumption that some money will come my way after someone's passing.

My grandparents don't have much, but they did give a couple thousand dollars to my other cousins who are not very financially strong. I think they just feel that they need help and I do not, so they gave them money. I imagine when they die (probably in the next 10 years or less) the majority will go to that side of the family which is not very financially secure.

The OP's grandma may also think you are more capable of financially supporting yourself than your sisters and that's why they got more. Maybe she was old and thinks women are not capable of supporting themselves as easily as men.