28-year-old daughter refuses to share her inheritance with her six older siblings, declining to sell her late mother's house to split up the profit: ‘I want to live in it like my mom had intended’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 17, 2025 10:00 AM EST

We all know how tough it is to buy a house. In this economy? Yeah, right. So if you're lucky enough to have a property in your family's estate, it's fair to say that you've potentially won the theoretical housing lottery and that home is invaluable not simply because of the memories it holds within all four walls but the security of knowing you have an affordable place to live. 

This is why the woman in our next story refused to let go of her inheritance. 

Under duress from her other siblings, this young woman was pressured from all sides to sell her late mother's old house. While it was a modest 5 bedroom home, it was a dime in a dozen to the youngest sibling and Mom had given it to her (and her family) for a reason. Knowing the youngest sibling was the most kindhearted of her 6 kids, the late mother had signed over the deed to the house almost a year prior to her passing, hoping that her grandchildren could grow up in the home she raised her family in. 

However, when the money-grubbing siblings got nearly zilch in their inheritance package, the claws came out against the youngest Golden Child. 

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  • "AITA for not splitting my mom’s inheritance with my siblings"

    I (28F) have 6 siblings. Our mom recently passed in November from Stage 4 cancer. I had a really great relationship with my mom. We would spend time together and my 4 children (5 year old twins, a 3 year old, and a 1 year old) all loved her. I am the youngest of all my siblings. My older siblings didn't prioritize much time with my mom until the
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  • last few months when she couldn't do much for herself anymore. I currently live with my boyfriend (38M) and our 4 children in a 3 bedroom apartment. It's a nice apartment but of course is not ideal for our large family. Over the
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  • summer while my mom was still very coherent, she signed a transfer on death of her house (5 bedroom, 3 bath) to me for myself, my boyfriend, and our children to move into. She did the transfer so I wouldn't have to buy the house as we would not be
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  • able to afford a loan for her house. And her house only had less than a year left until it was completely paid off so we would be able to afford her payments that way. All of my other siblings own their own homes and have plenty of room in their homes for their individual families. I didn't
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  • I always make jokes with my friends about winning a house from some kind, old person with no next of kin. As a millennial, that seems to be the only way to ever have a house of your own with a yard, breaking the cycle of tenancy in one fell swoop. However, it's not so simple for most of us, and the dream of homeownership is just that–a dream. Read on to enjoy the tale of one of our own, a 28-year-old who gets to live out her homeownership fantasy. 

  • ask my other siblings if they were okay with this but I didn't see it as their decision or whether they had a say considering it's our mom's house and she had final say anyway. And like I said, all of my siblings own their own homes anyway.
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  • Once my mom passed, she had some medical bills that needed taking care of so it seemed as though we would need to sell the house to take care of them. After looking into it more, my boyfriend said he would buy the house at just enough to cover the medical
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  • bills rather than what it's worth considering we cannot afford what it's worth plus my mom had planned on us just moving in and not doing any sort of loan anyway.
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  • She had a cash inheritance which she left my oldest sister, Melanie (43F) to split equally among all of my siblings. Since my mom has passed, we have asked Melanie how much is left in the inheritance as it would be split 7 ways and she would
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  • always kind of dodge the question. She would say she hasn't counted it yet or she's unsure. My mom also had some coins that were worth some money. She had 4 coins worth about $3,200 and a 5th coin worth about $1,200. I only found out
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  • about these coins from my other sister, Rochelle (35F) because she told me Melanie thought about giving the a coin worth $3,200 to herself, Rochelle, my brother Nick (37M), and myself. The coin worth less to another hand picked sibling. And then just
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  • never telling the last 2 siblings about the coins at all. That really upset me. I understand the coins gain value over time and that's why they didn't want to them for cash to split equally but that is really unfair and considering there are not 7 coins,
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  • I believed the fairest situation would be to them for cash so everyone could be involved. I suggested that and then never heard anything else about the coins after that. And then one day last week when I had Rochelle and my niece over for dinner, she dropped a gold coin
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  • out of her purse and quickly put it back. I never said anything but I couldn't believe they decided to kick me out of that inheritance because I stuck up for the 3 siblings that were going to be slighted.
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  • Well, flash to a couple days ago my boyfriend got approved for the loan. I told Melanie about this to keep her in the loop and her response shocked me. She told me she did not feel comfortable selling the house to my boyfriend. I didn't understand
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  • because selling the house to my boyfriend was just a way for us to keep the house so that my moms medical bills would get paid. And my moms wishes were for my family to move into the house. After I got off the phone with Melanie, I called Rochelle to see
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  • how she felt but she couldn't talk right away. Once I was able to talk to Rochelle, it was very clear Melanie had gotten to her first and manipulated the situation. So I texted the group chat with my siblings. Essentially, they all want
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  • to sell the house at full value to a stranger so they can receive an inheritance of cash from the house selling. Melanie had very obviously made them believe that my mom only transferred the house into my name so I could
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  • take care of selling it and splitting the money with all of my siblings. That wasn't the truth and I tried telling them that our mom did not do that but Melanie had manipulated the situation. For context, Melanie is the oldest and all of our siblings can be pretty
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  • easily manipulated in a situation when it comes to Melanie. It sounds terrible but it's true. I can see right through it and tried to say my side but they are all on Melanie's side. They all want cash from the house but I want to live in it like my mom had intended.
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  • Like I said, my mom transferred the house into my name. So I am going through with selling the house to my boyfriend to pay my mom's medical bills and so us and our 4 children can live there.
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  • My siblings feel like I have scammed them out of an inheritance. But I feel like I found a way to get the medical bills paid so that my family can live there which is what my mom intended when she was here. So am I the a hle?
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  • Lady Tiffknee YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY YOUR MOM'S MEDICAL BILLS! The house was passed down to you. There is no obligation because she did not di intestate- without a Will - regarding the home. You don't need a loan. You are essentially giving your inheritance to a boyfriend.
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  • DON'T!! Get the home put in your name only, even if it's has to go through private as a formality, it is still YOUR home only. Your mom did not intend for you to pay her medical bills; she knew you did not have to. Don't let your other siblings rib
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  • you of your inheritance. Forget about the coins. Keep your house. Do not put your boyfriend's name on it; you need a home for you and the kids. He can live there with you and even get married. But always keep your house separate. And don't get convinced to take out a huge equity loan on it either. If you do anything different than this, you will have regrets in the future.
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