Money can be a curse

Sorry, Ana that was addressed to Frank not you.
Frank you have not proved anything other than a total obsession with one particular theme - the question did not and does not arise and all I can ascertain is that it it YOU that is unable to let the subject go. What you have to gain by resurrecting it on a daily basis is quite beyond me.

Frank, you didn't need to fight. There was no contest. Let it go!

Hi Ana

I was just trying to prove a point to gracesmum.
Would you have just let half of a £500,000 house go plus the money you spent on it without a fight?.

Frank

What has that GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

You're such a wag, Frank!

Me too gracesmum.

I don't think Dad lost the will to live.
He was always planning ahead.
He passed away in January, we had booked an Easter and June holiday and he was asking about a September holiday.

Frank

I think we've established that by now, Frank. Even I, one of your staunchest supporters, am getting a bit tired of the endless repetition of the reasons for your claim to your father's house.

[Losing the will to live again] emoticon

gracesmum

I did have a claim in my parents property.
My mother left her half to me and I spent money on the property.
Dad could have not have stayed in it if it had not been for my pension money.

Frank

But surely the people who matter are the couple in question. I do not think adult children have any call on property unless their parents so wish it. For heaven's sake - what does growing up mean if it doesn't entail standing on your own 2 feet?

You have been warned, Galen!
(Just keep dream man as a bit on the side is my advice!)

Galen

Late in life marriages can cause no end of problems to the families.

Frank

Thank goodness we are not going to marry! I couldn't deal with the convoyed legalities!
I thank the gods I've had a lucky escape!

I think he could have a claim under the Family Inheritance Act 1975.
Of course the court will have discretion on how the estate is distributed.
The court may say the man will be able to live in the house and the children may have to wait for example.
I am not sure what would happen if the children owned half the property before the marriage happened.

Frank

If Galen didn't leave her house to him in her will, it would be his problem where he lived. A spouse isn't necessarily obliged to make provision for their other half - it's not the law!

Ana

Where would you expect him to live?.
On a park bench?.

Frank

Why?

I am presuming they would live together and possibly marry.
He would have to have somewhere to live if Galen pre deceases her.

Frank

[wooden stirring spoon] emoticin

Why would Galen have to make a provision for her 'dream man' to live in her house if she predeceased him, Frank?

It's her house - she can leave it in her will to whoever she wants, and I don't think a spouse/partner would have any claim on it if that wasn't what she wanted, especially if they'd not contributed financially in any way.

scaredy cat!

Galen

No I am not.
Our family is very stick together with all estates etc going to the offspring.
There has not been a single divorce.
Mine is the only marriage which has terminated before the people were 75 in living memory.
Nobody has got married for a second time.
I do not want to complicate matters.

Frank

frank are you applying for the position ?