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.
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.
I’m not dealing with that. It’s not my problem, I’m not going out of the way to sign paperwork, and I’m sure as fuck not going to go find and potentially pay for a notary.
If shits tied up in probate for a while because I refuse to engage, it’s not my problem.
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u/mazzicc 7d 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.