Why do inheritance disputes make people lose their marbles? Because everyone feels entitled to a little crumb of something, don’t they?

A dad was already estranged from his former wife’s family, but because they had a healthy bank account and a sizable inheritance coming for his 21-year-old daughter, he tried to find a way to get in on the cash. At the expense of his firstborn daughter, this man tried to guilt trip her into sharing her inheritance with his new, second family, but the young woman wouldn’t budge, hoping to buy a house for herself instead. 

It’s what Grandma would have wanted. 

Parents and grandparents just want to leave the world better for their offspring when they leave it. Oftentimes, the easiest, simplest way to ensure that your sires and your family members are taken care of in your absence is to leave behind a sizeable chunk of change or a myriad of diversified assets with their names on them. While inheritance is quite simple on paper, in reality, inheritance disputes can leave rifts in the family fabric wide enough for a guilt trip to come squeezing through, or, in the case of this young woman who had just lost her two beloved grandparents, an entire second family.