Debts of the parents should be inherited by the children.

Brick wall...

If the Children pay off their parents debts and it then leaves the children in debt their children ( the grandchildren. ) will have to pay off even more debt . This knock on effect could get out of hand. Why should responsible children be liable for their irresponsible parents.

whatsgoingon

I can only agree with what you are saying.
From my experience with the council I came across a case where the parents were drug addicts and the daughter did not want to have anything to do with drugs.
She is now in a good job, has a nice enough house and a new car. I feel sure she will get a better house at some point.

Frank

Calm down dear! Gerry is only a wind-up merchant, he won't have thought through any of his crazy posts, other than to think of subjects to annoy Frank.
Gerry, this is all so boring - get a life and leave us alone!

Yet another junk thread Gerry has started and never come back to.

Frank

HunterF, why should your father's ex not have a right to some of the inheritance? Would your father not have wanted her to have part of it? I feel it is totally unfair that children who do not visit or help and support their parents (and I am not saying it is the case here) should inherit the estate, whereas the person they have shared their life with, and often looked and supported them, not get a thing. How fair is that?

granjura you must have missed the other threads in which Frank described the situation at his father's death!

Granjura - believe me, you do NOT want to go there!

Granjura , purleeese , you will be here for ever and a day !!!!!!!!!!!!

Missed it, yes. But honestly I wish people would not personalise every discussion. We should be able to talk about basic 'principles' without always narrowing it down to a personal and untypical situations. Some widows do find companionship after their loss, thank goodness, and not always to a money grabber- but a truly caring person who deserves being acknowledged in the inheritance process and not be made homeless when the partner meets its maker.

granjura, you're right, of course, and I'm sure no one would disagree with that point. Frank's father had apparently only been with the lady in question for a short time, and she had moved out after they split up well before his death.

According to Frank, her friends and relatives harassed him for months saying the house should have been left to her, and even though she died recently they are still saying her next of kin should have the house....

(But that's Frank's world - coincidences and unfortunate consequences seem to follow him around.)

granjura

I have sent you a brief outline of the circumstances of my inheritance via a private message to avoid putting a new thread on Gransnet.

Frank

Ana

I wrote the message to granjura while you were writing your thread.

Frank

granjura

The lady had her own house.

Frank

Thanks for your message Frank. I have replied.

granjura

I wrote a second message at 23.17.24 which you may not have seen.
In summary care has to be taken when a new partner moves in to a house late in life.
Where as I did have some sympathy with the one where the property was willed to the partner and then it was found later the offspring half owned it care must be taken to make sure the partner would not have to leave if the property owner dies and legally binding arrangements are made.
I don't know if a solicitor drew up this will or some will writers but I would have expected them to at least ask if anybody else had any interest in the property but I don't think they are obliged to check at the land registry.

In my case the woman knew about my interest in the house so I had no sympathy with her and I was living in it.
It might not be so obvious if the offspring lived elsewhere and only visited occasionally. Unfortunately I can not see a fair way of dealing with this situation except to say to later in life partners to obtain a copy of the land certificate and register their interest if all is ok.
If the new partner is not legally minded he / she should see a solicitor so a lot of grief is avoided later.

Frank