Siblings refuse to hand over portions of their inheritance to sister in need after her husband plans to sell their late mother's house and pocket the profit: ‘[He] wouldn't hear us out’

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Apr 13, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Money is the root of all evil; it's true. Even in moments of pure and utter despair, there are at least two people who are thinking about how to come out on top in the situation and don't care about what it takes to get there. Your late grandmother's ring is no longer a memory held close to your family's heart but is rather a reason to feud over finances before she's six feet in the ground. Luckily, most family members don't take it upon themselves to dissect their late loved one's last will and testament with a magnifying glass, hoping they gain exceptional wealth or assets from the tragedy. Some family members, though, are this way…

In that case, it's up to those of sound mind to ensure their late loved one's possessions don't fall into the lap of a greedy glutton. Harsh, I know—but choosing beggars are the ones who start most of these inheritance ordeals. The sister in this story, who their sibling suggests could benefit from her siblings' inheritances and their late mother's family home, picks the wrong battle and might lose everything. Oh, and the mastermind is probably her husband. Scroll to read.

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  • I don't know about you, but I can't fathom and sizable inheritance to begin with, let alone expect more than my fair share. When you have siblings, it's only right that inheritances are split equally unless a will says otherwise. The siblings in this story decide to keep their late mother's home and put their underprivileged sister and her husband in it, but not without also insisting they give her large portions of their inheritance so they can comfortably pay the home's bills. If only the sister's husband kept his mouth shut…

  • "It felt like he was looking at [an] opportunity to profit, not long-term stability."
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  • "AITA for no longer wanting to give a HOUSE to my sister? My portion of inheritance"

    A few years ago our mom passed away unexpectedly and she didn't have a will, so splitting the assets has been more of a headache than any of us anticipated. Most of us (multiple
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  • siblings involved) are of a mind that we need to prioritize relationships with each other because we understand longterm damage that feuding over material things upon someone's d th can bring to families.
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  • Our mom loved her house and spent her time turning it into a dream home before her death. Some didn't want it sold off. It was then proposed that one of
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  • our sisters who has young children be given the house because she was looking at travel trailers for housing and it would be a long term, affordable and stable home.
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  • At this time, sale of the house to her and her husband wasn't an option because they couldn't get approved for a loan. They were told that they needed to prepare
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  • themselves to get a loan for the house in case the loan wasn't assumable, and unfortunately they didn't do that so to this day they still wouldn't qualify to buy it.
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  • We agreed on a nice idea to each give the gift of our own inheritance with an unspoken understanding that they'd plan on staying there longterm. while we figured out the legal stuff, they
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  • move in and pay the mortgage until things are made official. Unfortunately, shortly after moving in, our sisters husband would tell friends and his family that his plan is to sell the house
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  • within the next 2 years or rent it out and move. This understandably caused upset because it felt like he was looking at opportunity to profit, not longterm stability. We proposed a
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  • stipulation stating that they'd have to reside in the home for 5 years before it would be transferred solely to them as proof that they are serious about making it into their home, but her husband got really upset and wouldn't hear us out.
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  • We asked our sister what their plan was and she said it depended on her husband's work situation, that moving wasn't off the table or fully on it, but she felt 2 years was long enough to
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  • consider it long term. With all of this coming to light, a few of the siblings no longer wanted to sign because they didn't feel it would be fair to end up with none of the equity on a shortterm living situation.
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  • We sought acknowledgement that he understood this was a huge gift and sacrifice of our inheritances, hoping he would show some gratitude so we could
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  • feel good about signing and move on, but he was not receptive. He feels because he's done some work on the house and has paid the mortgage that it is his.
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  • It no longer feels wise to hand over my portion heedlessly, not because of the money, the morality and the ethics of it all. with the new information about their plans to possibly sell the
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  • property after only a short time, the sense of entitlement and the lack of acknowledgement for how big of a gift this really is, AITH for no longer wanting to give away my portion of inheritance?
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  • NotCreative At All16 NTA. If sis can't buy it then she doesn't get the profits from selling it. I get not wanting to sell it to keep it in your family. But why GIVE it to just one sibling? They're already thinking about the money in their pockets after selling their gift house. Nuh - uh.
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  • reddmann00100 NTA at all. This is a very complex and nuanced situation to me sure, and it sounds like you and (the majority of) your siblings wanted to honor your mother by not selling off the house she was passionate about.
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  • Your sister + (mainly) BIL intend to simply profit off you and your other siblings' massive generosity with no acknowledgement of your sacrifice and massive sense of entitlement.
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  • I hope you and your other siblings back out of the deal, at least until they show some form of contrition and agree to your very reasonable conditions.
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