She’s Debating Whether Or Not It Would Make Her A Terrible Person To Not Give Her Dad’s Widow A Share Of His House

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Losing a parent can be heartbreaking, and the stress of handling their estate afterward often doesn’t improve things.

One woman and her sisters are debating whether or not to pay their father’s widow a portion of the cost of their childhood home.

She and her two sisters are in their early 30s to early 40s. When their mom passed away one year ago, their father asked for their blessing to remarry.

While her sisters were skeptical of his timing, they all wanted him to be happy, so they told him they were okay with it. 

They did ask for one condition from their dad: to leave them their childhood home in his will because it means a lot to them.

Their father did end up remarrying and was with his second wife for five years. Not long ago, he, unfortunately, got very sick and passed away.

After he died, she and her sisters discovered he willed their childhood home to them and his widow into equal shares.

“I can only speculate why he decided to leave a share to his widow after promising not to,” she said.

“My suspicion is that he was worried we would turn her out on the street, despite the fact we assured him nothing like that would happen.”

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She and her sisters have done the opposite of turning away from their father’s widow and have actually been helping her with everything.

They’ve helped her figure out how to set up her inheritance and make sure she’ll be alright. Her dad’s widow received a good amount of security after his passing and has plenty to live out her days comfortably. However, everyone was thrown for a loop when her dad’s widow said she wanted to buy out her share of their childhood home.

She and her sisters were getting ready to scrape together the money she would make if they sold the house and split the profits. Then, they made an interesting discovery.

“We were going to cave and pay her that much when the estate attorney found a deed filed when my mother was still alive, leaving the house solely to us,” she explained.

“Every lawyer we’ve consulted with says that the deed trumps the will by the letter of the law and that his widow is facing an uphill battle if she contests it.”

Now, she’s wondering if she and her sisters would be terrible people if they decided not to pay their dad’s widow her share of the house. While her sisters have no problems with not paying, she feels guilty. While her dad’s widow is set for life with everything else she received, it is a good chunk of money she’d be missing out on. Plus, she’s never done anything bad to her and her sisters. 

Should she and her sisters feel obligated to pay their dad’s widow, or should they keep the money?

You can read the original post on Reddit here.

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