While my grandfather was in the hospital, he was frustrated because no one came to visit him.
A British judge has ruled that each of the five granddaughters will receive only £50 (Rs 5,261) from their grandfather’s £500,000 (Rs 5,26,13,376) estate. The grandfather, a retired soldier named Frederick Ward Snr, was reportedly hurt when his grandchildren did not visit him while he was hospitalized with lung disease. , so this decision was made. subway.
According to court documents, Mr. Ward left the bulk of his estate to his two children, Terry Ward and Susan Wiltshire. The remaining grandchildren of Mr Ward’s late son Fred Jnr each received envelopes of just £50, sparking a family dispute.
After discovering that much of their grandfather Frederick Ward Sr.’s will had been deleted, his five granddaughters – Carol Gowing, Angela St. Marseille, Amanda Higginbott Tom, Christine Ward and Janet Pate – took legal action. They believed they were entitled to a third of their late grandfather’s money because their uncle and aunt, Mr Ward’s other children, had exerted undue influence on him to change his will in their favour. However, the judge ruled in favor of the will, upholding Mr Ward’s right to distribute his estate as he saw fit.
according tosubway, High Court Judge James Brightwell has now ruled that the 2018 will was “entirely reasonable”, adding that the grandchildren had “very limited contact” with their “disappointed” grandfather.
Master Brightwell dismissed their argument, saying: “Some may think, as a general proposition, that when a child of a testator predeceases him, he should ordinarily leave an equal share to the descendants of the children. .”
“However, the decision not to do so and to divide the remainder and the majority of the estate among his surviving children is hardly a provision that any reasonable testator could make.”
