Entitled father conspires to cheat siblings out of grandfather's will, grandfather gets petty and changes the terms: 'Instead of getting 1/3, my father will now get 1/7'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 14, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Inheritance is certainly one way to tear a family apart. No one wants to admit that they care about material possessions when the concept comes up near the end of a family member's life, but guess what? When push comes to shove, it's always surprising to see whose claws come out.

Sometimes, the people who claim to not care are the ones who become the most entitled and possessive throughout the difficult process of going through a family member's belongings. Sometimes, the people you would think would be insanely difficult end up being the decent ones with a stronger understanding of fairness than anyone anticipated. Unfortunately, it only takes one person's ego to make the process more difficult than it needs to be. Here's a multi-part saga about an entitled father who insisted that he deserved the majority of the grandfather's inheritance. When the grandfather himself caught wind of this tension, he decided to change the will without the father's knowledge.

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    Relevant background: For as long as I can remember my father has stood firm in his belief that when my grandparents pass he should get the majority share of their belongings. My
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    grandparents have had a will in place for the last 24 years stating that their house and belongings are to be sold when they have both passed and the money is to be split between my father, aunt
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    and cousin (raised by my grandparents from a newborn). My Nan passed suddenly in 2014 leaving only my Pop.
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  • You have to hand it to this grandfather for clocking his son's entitlement and then one-upping him with profoundly petty changes to the will. Now, do we wish the father's kids didn't have to be roped into it, as that will surely cause even more family drama following the grandfather's passing? Sure, but here's the deal: it's what “pops” wants!

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    This past weekend my father made the 10+ hour trip to my Pops house to start up this age- old argument once again. He made it very clear to my Pop that he is going to contest the will,
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    have my cousin removed and take most of my aunt's share. He stated to my Pop that he is only looking for his fair share of the will.
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    The Revenge: My dear old Pop then decided he wanted to make my Dads share as small as possible. He called me today saying he need to have an important conversation sending
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    me into meltdown mode believing this man was about to tell me he was d¸ g. No, Pop wanted to inform me he is changing the will everything except his car will be sold and the money will be split 7
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    ways! So instead of getting 1/3, my father will now get 1/7. The additions to my Pops will are me and my 3 sisters. As for Pops car, he is leaving it for me too. The
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    best part is he isn't telling my father a thing. I love this man with all my heart and hope he is around for another 15-20 years yet but lord have mercy.
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    GrannyWeatherw... He needs to put a clause in that anyone who contests the will gets nothing.
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    BoyHaunted The only thing that he could do to make his will any better would be to add a clause that "If anyone contests the will, said person forfeits their part of
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    thier inheritance!". That way father dearest doesn't try and screw everyone and hold everyone up in court upon grandpa's death. He sounds like a gold digger to me.
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    idontthinksobruv I like that your pop can see the type of person his son is and is making the choice to humble his entitled a
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    My father is the same, when my gparents passed my dad was ped off that my gparents split between 4 siblings and 6 grandkids. The level of entitlement people have is shocking!
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    valthun He needs to switch it to a living trust and put you or your aunt in charge. That way your dad gets only what the trustee decides they can have and contesting a trust is a lot more difficult
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    Here is an update from the author about how the whole family is handling this change!

    Update: Thank you for my first ever Reddit awards! I have been reading everyone's comments and I have spoken to my Pop. I and 2 of my sisters are adults so Dad cannot touch anything we get and my youngest sister is in
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    the process of getting emancipated and will be moving in with me until she can get a place of her own (she's 16 so almost an adult). My Pop is working with a solicitor to get
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    everything in order and basically the way it will work is my Uncle on my Mums side who is retired military and has no relation to my Pop nor is he in the will is in charge of everything when my
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    Pop passes. I also spoke with my cousin who is in fact a solicitor and she has said it's almost a given that because dear old dad gets a share the judge won't grand him anything more.
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