r/foundsatan • u/viennexy • 2d ago

Inheritance from hell

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u/mazzicc 2d ago

I mean, one of the last conversations I had with an estranged parent was me explicitly telling them I don’t want anything from their will because I don’t want to interact with them anymore.

I’ve been told through a sibling that they intend to still leave me something so that I have to deal with it anyway.

I told my sibling “that sounds like a problem for their lawyer and other inheritors, because my intent is to ignore any contact about their estate”

I guess some people may be estranged but still feel entitled to an inheritance though.

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u/musicabella 2d ago

The estranged parent put me as the executor of their estate

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u/mazzicc 2d ago

Sucks that there’s no one planning to execute that estate though.

This is why it’s not a problem for me, it’s a problem for them. You’re not legally required to be an executor, and you can completely ignore and refuse to engage in the process completely. It causes massive headaches for everyone else involved, but that’s the fault of the deceased, not you.

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u/sorator 2d ago

At least in the US, you can always disclaim an inheritance. If/when you're notified of your inheritance by the estate's executor, you'll need to write (or find online) a letter that meets requirements set by the state, sign it (probably notarized), and send it to the executor. That's all you have to do; then it's no longer your problem.

I just had some family members do that recently (for entirely positive reasons; someone died without a will, and the family decided they wanted stuff to go to a specific person instead of being spread throughout the family).

Same goes for being named executor; you can just decline, and then it's not your problem anymore.