Youngest of 3 older siblings gets all of rich father’s $300k+ inheritance, sparking favoritism amongst the other siblings: “They all tried to pull some shady stuff with my dad”

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
May 20, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

Ladies and gentlemen, hello. How many times is someone's inheritance going to ruin other people's lives? Let's take the money out of the situation and look at it through the lens of human error. It's not just the money, it's the fact that people love to use their power, emotionally manipulate, and create drama through money. If you divvy up your inheritance equally to your children, then regardless of your relationship to them you're being a mature and fair human and parent. But we know how most people don't operate like that, and too many people get off on knowing they're creating drama or punishing someone. 

Humans are flawed, and sometimes it's more than we can handle or even want to recognize. In the story below, it centers on a family and an inheritance. The family in question is a family of 4 children and their only living parent just passed away. The inheritance comes in and lo and behold, all of it gets put under the youngest daughter's name, and the others get nothing. No property, no car, no money. Talk about resentment from the grave. 

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    AITA for not splitting the inheritance with my siblings after finding out I was the only one who didn’t sc*** over our dad?

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    My dad about six months ago. I'm 29F, the youngest of four. My older siblings are 35F, 37M, and 40F. We weren't a super close family, especially with my dad, he was strict, cold, kind of hard to be around. But in the last few years, I
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  • Okay, even if this guy's other children “drifted off,” or did some sketchy behavior, it's still his children. He could have talked to them about their actions while he was still alive, instead of creating weird and eternal tension after the fact. Bitterness from the grave, I suppose. 

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    was the only one who stayed in touch with him. I'd check in, help out with errands, sit with him during appointments, that kind of thing.
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    The rest of my siblings gradually drifted off. I figured they just had their reasons and never pushed it. I thought we were all on decent enough terms.
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    When he passed, I was shocked to learn he'd left everything to me, the house, car, and around $300k in savings. The will was updated a year before he d_d, and it's completely legal. I didn't ask for that. I didn't expect it. Honestly, I thought we'd all get an equal share.
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    The day after the funeral, my siblings sat me down and just assumed I'd divide everything four ways. I told them I wasn't going to. That's when the drama started.
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    Turns out, they hadn't just drifted. They had all pulled some shady stuff with my dad over the years, one borrowed money and ghosted him, one tried to get him to co-sign a loan and went no-contact when
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    he refused, and one literally forged his signature on an insurance thing. I had no idea. But apparently, my dad did.
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    He never said anything to me about it. He just changed his will and left everything to me, the one who stuck around and didn't lie to him.
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    Now they're calling me selfish and manipulative. Saying he wasn't in his right mind (he absolutely was sharp until the end). One of them hinted at legal action but dropped it once they saw the paperwork. I haven't touched the money yet.
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    Part of me feels guilty. Another part of me feels like this is the one time he actually showed he saw me, and I don't want to undo that.
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    I wanna mention that i didnt have a bad relationship with my siblings, we were alright, but when i found out what they did to OUR dad, it just broke my heart... AITA?
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    DriftingHermit NTA, op all I can say is respect your father's final wish
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    Savings Telephone_96 Look, they're projecting... the only ones selfish and manipulative were your siblings. At the same time, just understand that this decision could impact your relationship with them moving forward. You need to be prepared to deal with that.
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    BurgerThyme Did they just admit all this stuff?
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    kicker203 If you were to give each sibling $75k and a quarter of the house, they would have those free and clear. You on the other hand would have significant tax consequences,
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    at least in paperwork (and CPA costs) if not money owed. You wouldn't be "sharing an inheritance," you'd be giving each of them a gift that is well above the annual exclusion amount.
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    MagicCarpet5846 INFO― how did you find that out exactly? Your dad didn't tell you, and you said your siblings didn't either, nor would it make sense for three individuals to come clean
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    about trying to use your dad when they want you to split the money with them.
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    Live_Friendship7636 My mom passed almost a year ago. For most of my life it was always assumed that anything she had would be evenly split between her 4 children. Her health declined over her last 5 years. I spent much of my
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    time driving 3 hours each way to check up on her, get her groceries, do chores and take her to appointments.
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    When her health was really going downhill we convinced. her to move in with one of my sisters who had the space and time to care for her for her last 2 years.
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    She updated her will a little less than a year before she d d. Everything was split between me and the sister that helped take care of her. The older two didn't even reach out during her last week
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    of life to see how she was. During that last week I slept in a chair by her bed to be with her almost 24/7 holding her hand.
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    When she was with the lawyer updating her will, and going over things she said "I have 2 kids that take very good care of me, and 2 other kids."
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    Fortunately know one is fighting over anything because we all know there isn't a force on this planet that could make our mom do anything she didn't want to.
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    Your dad knew who his kids all were. He gave everything to you on purpose. You have no obligation and shouldn't feel guilty for not splitting it with people who tried to scam your dad for years. When strangers do that they call it elder ab_e or trying to scam the elderly.
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