22-year-old daughter sues dad after he uses the inheritance mom left her to start a business with his new wife, family demands she drop it for the sake of her stepsiblings: 'I don't owe those kids that'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 10, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

When parents leave their children with their inheritance, they probably do not expect that 'gift' to complicate their lives so much, and they are usually not around to see it happen. They can only hope that what they leave behind will help their kids in the future, and that they will thank them for the help they gave, even after they are gone.

However, as we all know, parents' inheritance often does a lot more harm than good, usually because it creates complicated family dynamics that are extremely hard to bridge over. It creates drama between the siblings, as soon as they feel one has more than the others, it creates tensions with the remaining parents, and it might even create resentment for the parent who left.

When it comes to the family in the story below, the mom's inheritance actually made the relationship between those who were left behind crumble into tiny pieces…

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  • The fault falls on the dad, who decided to take the money his late wife left for their daughter and use it to fund his business with his new wife. Once his daughter turned 18, she decided to sue her father for the money, and if a good lawsuit doesn't cause a family to crumble, I don't know what does.

    Keep scrolling to read the rest of the story, and let us know what you think in the comments below.

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    AITA for not taking my father's minor children into consideration when I sued him for the inheritance he stole from me?

    My mom d d when I (22f) was 10 and in her will she left me an inheritance of more than 100k. My dad was left in charge of it but after he remarried, him and his wife
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    wanted to start a business together and they used the money mom left me to open it. Dad and I argued about it at the time but I was 15 and he kept insisting it was good
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    for the whole family and how. it was better used to help everyone than being thrown away on random sh when I turned 18.
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    Our relationship was over before I moved out of his house at 18. I had made his and his wife's life miserable for stealing from me and once I was out of there I
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    looked into how I could get that money back. I pressed charges against him for stealing from me and I sued him for the money. I had the support of my entire
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    extended family on my maternal side and some on my paternal side. But I was told by others on the paternal side to consider my dad's other kids and the
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    devastation that kind if financial upheaval could bring. I ignored those comments. I knew waiting would prevent me from ever getting the money and I
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    honestly did not care about his family's financial security after being stolen from. It was a long a process and I needed to return to court a few times because he was
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    just like I can't pay, I don't have the money anymore. In the end they were forced to give up the business and it was sold to pay me the money back and he had to
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    pay additional out of his paycheck which made him empty their savings so his wages weren't garnished anymore.
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    By the time I got it back I was 100% done and past the point where we could ever reconcile. He made me fight so hard for what was legally mine and he stole money mom left to support his new family.
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    My relationship with some of dad's side is not so strong anymore and they think it was wrong that I focused only on what he did and not on the effects for the kids. I
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    mostly don't talk to those family members now but they asked me how I feel zero guilt for it when the kids are innocent and are still my siblings technically. That they would have thought I'd want better for them.
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    I don't feel bad. I never have. But AITA for not taking the kids into consideration? Is that something I should have done? I feel like that's just really unfair to me and locks me into never being paid back. I don't think I owe those kids that.
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    Prestigious_Lime8242 You didn't owe your father's new family your inheritance. That money was left to you for a reason, and he had no right to use it for anything else. It s ks that the kids are affected, but that's on him, not you.
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    Sebscreen INTA. Go ahead and cut off the relatives defending him as well. Instead of loaning him money themselves, they decided to hound you over money that was stolen from you.
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    ShySparklesPink NTA. Your inheritance was stolen. You were simply taking back what was rightfully yours, regardless of the ripple effects. Remember, he made the choice, not you.
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    deal585 NTA let's face it this whole thing didn't have to happen because your dad could have compromise if he had just promised to pay you back the money installment fees
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    plus interest over the course of years instead of just really taking the money from himself. Also when you get married and have kids make sure to
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    have your will are include that your spouse or anyone else can't touch your kid money
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