My kids father passed and his mom is trying to get his estate: What should I do?

His kids are his next to kin not his mother you contest his children should get it unless there is a will and he left it to her fight it

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Not only should you contest it but legally it should go to next of kin and that would be his children. My dad was not married when he passed away and everything he had was handed to me, nothing to my grandparents except what I gave them.

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That money goes to the children. See a lawyer

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She’s wrong for that…definitely contest. The children should be put first. Parents build their lives for their children at the end not the other way around.

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Almost positive you would have to sign it off to give it to her. My father, that I haven’t seen in over 20 years passed away in March, & they still called my sister and I about all of his things because he had no will. We had to write out a statement giving his mother ownership of his belongings.

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Get a lawyer! Your children deserves every bit of that money!

Call a lawyer instead of asking advice on Facebook

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Don’t know about us , but uk law is if divorced and have children then children get dad’s estate, if children underage then mum deals with it until children are of age , my exhusband died 3 years ago and I was told that but our son was of age so he and his sister did that

Contest. If she doesn’t want you to it’s because she has plans that do not include the children

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Fight for your children. Grandma/Step-mother needs to step back and allow her grand-children have a future.

Fight for the estate. It belongs to his children

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Everything would go to the kids unless he had a second wife then it would be split. Grandmother has NO rights to it. Get an Attorney and set your kids up in a trust with that $$!

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My husband passed and his mother did afterwards and left my children nothing. My husband was always there for her and helped when she needed it. Her mind was not so good when she died. There were relatives who played on her and had her change her will. They got everything. I told my children who were adults to sue, they chose not to Now they are sorry they didn’t as they were her only living heirs. Your children are his heirs and you should pursue this.

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You will need to hire an attorney. Funds in his bank account will be divided between his 3 kids.

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Attorney right now. I would think that his children would come ahead of his mother.

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Put your children first! They need it. Wtf? I’d be so angry? Like, who does that?

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i would contact an lawyer as soon as possible - when u do that talk to your lawyer about checking all his bank accounts there even maybe a will in a saftey deposit box for his family ( meaning u and the kids ) honey i would really get an lawyer a.s.a.p.

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The children should benefit.

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Contest it for your children! I’m sure he would have wanted them to have some part of it, if not ALL of it

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It always goes to the children first! 

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They are his heirs not his mother. When my dad died, had we found out before 5yrs. I would have gotten his entire estate because I was the first born. His wife and kids said nothing and blew thru it all before they notified us.

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Get an attorney and contest it. Period.

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It should go to his kids not his mom he brought them into thi world sad he gone so early in life and he has something so they can live from contest it.

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Legally you children together are true heirs. Get an attorney right now. Take their birth certificates to show proof.

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Get a lawyer, fluff causing issues, said mother in law is doing that already

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The grandmother is looking out for herself. Look out for your children and get what’s theirs!

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I feel like every bit of it should go to each of his children and his children alone. I’d definitely contest it!

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Have a lawyer look into it but don’t get nasty about it. His mother is probably handling his affairs because you are not in the picture anymore. That doesn’t mean she is planning on leaving out his children. Somebody has to handle it and the kids are too young

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Did he ever say he wanted it going to.his kids,was he close to his kids,was something in his estate in his family already and his mom wants it to stay in the family?

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The estate would go to wife and or children was there a will.unless MOTHER was beneficiary his mother gets nothing

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Contest it get a lawyer his children will win over his mom

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I think the kids should get it. However, I do feel like if she had to pay for the funeral she should at least be reimbursed for those expenses.

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It should go to the children !

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Get a lawyer as that belongs to his kids not his mother.

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It will pass to his next of kin which are his children if he left a will I’m sure he would of provided for them and if he didn’t contest it all the way ,:kissing_heart:

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Definitely contest it! My grandparents took everything when my father died and now I’m 40 and don’t have a single picture of my father.

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I’m so sorry for your loss‼️Honey, CONTEST the shit out of it! Fight it HARD! She’s low AF for trying to take that away from y’alls children! I’m sure he would’ve wanted them to have it! What kind of so called “grandmother” would do that to their grandchildren, that speaks VOLUMES on her part‼️

He would’ve wanted what was best for his kids.

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Yes everything please. Secure the future of your children. What conflict are u avoiding? U are already divorced, the one who made y’all family passed. U don’t owe them anything but you owe ur kids a safety blanket :ok_hand:t5::ok_hand:t5::ok_hand:t5:so CONTEST IT

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I think I’d set up a meeting with her and with a lawyer. Your children were his children and if he was in their life, they deserve what their father left behind for them. It doesn’t make much sense for the grandmother to claim it all when there are children involved.

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It should go to the kids.

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Go contest it. That should be for your kids not her.

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Yes contest it. They are his next of kin and that should go to them not her.

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get a lawyer and QUICK, the children are his next of kin not his mother and the money should be put up for the kids when they turn 18

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If he had a wife or girlfriend for longer than a year I hate to say that she will most likely have control over his estate, that’s what I was told I asked what will happen to my estate if I passed cause I ended up with fast eating breast cancer , they said if I had a common law or husband they will have full control even though I had it split evenly between my 2 children they said he could distribute the way I say or he could just have it, but if he was alone and he had it settled to how he wants it distributed fight it I believe it should stay there till the kids are of age . Sounds like the mother is just money hungry and not caring about her grandchildren. But fight it if he had no partner at the the if death if he was alone I believe it has to stay there till the children become of age one by one . . . Get your lawyer to help you that’s alot to let the old lady have when she is closer to death then her grandchildren .

Get a lawyer and see what rights you have.

Contest that shit! Asap, unapologetically, it’s not hers, it’s rightfully his childrens….all of it, his mom has lost her damn mind.

Fight for it. Not for you but for your kids. They’re entitled to all of that. Don’t matter what his mom thinks or wants, do what’s best for your kids

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Call an attorney!!! Every state is different! Know your rights & your children’s, protect them

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His mom has no rights… she knows that and assumes you would allow her to have it.

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Legally, that’s their inheritance.

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Wow!!! What a great grandmother. Stealing from her grandkids. His estate goes to his kids. Contest it. His accounts go to the kids.

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Actually if he has no wife his things go to them

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His bank accounts 401ks his house there all his kids

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Contest it! It always gets split up between next of kin if there was no will. I actually just went through this a few years back.

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Get an attorney immediately, his children should get the money,

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The children should have it! They are legally his heirs. Granny needs to step aside!

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Children he would of left to the children that means not you or his mother or you just look like her .

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Children inheritance not hers

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I would of never gone for my husband land that i haven’t been with for years get your own land lazy as .

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go get your babies’ money!

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A lot of American women on here any of you got a job or do you just live off men .

Fight for your children, that was their father! The money should goto the children 100%

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His estate belongs to his children

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You would fight your ex for $$ for your kids if he were alive and not paying u or not paying u enuf or they needed extra or if the tuition bill came and he hadn’t written his check out yet……so get their half now that he is gone….

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Fight it all the way for your kids xx

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It should go to his kids contest her actions

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Contest it for his children only, his mother will take it if you don’t

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Definitely contest it! You’re girls have the right to his estate.

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It definitely belongs to the kids for their present and future. It’s your job to contest it on their behalf. Best of luck

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Yes contest it. The children should have it.

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In this situation, unless there is a will saying it goes to his mom specifically it should go to his kids , they are his next of kin

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It belongs to the kids. Once a person has children, their parents have no right to the estate unless it’s willed. She is entitled to nothing. If she wants to be executor, she wants to get paid and take whatever she wants.

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Contest it on their behalf

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Lol that will say a lot about the gma’s character if she doesn’t include her grandkids smh

The kids should be legal next of kin, that is why you got notice you can contest that. Do it! Protect your kids future. Fight for them

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It belongs to his children I’m sure hed want it to go to his kids.

Contest it should go to his children 100%.

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Fight for your kids to get what they should have. Sorry but his mother would just have to be mad because she’s dead wrong for what she’s doing knowing he has kids that should have what’s left behind of he’s

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Get it all for your children. Don’t worry about anything else!they are his legal heirs

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Get out, he didn’t want you to have it. Let the grandmother take care of it as intended and get the eff out of the way. Go move in with your own parents.

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Fight it for your kids it should go to them unless there is a will that says otherwise

The Children are his next of Kin so it is rightfully theirs. You need to get onto a lawyer asap. They are his children so will always come first.

It’s the kids money so I would definitely contest for them

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His kids come first .

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Normally everything is supposed to go to the children if said parent is not married.

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Contest for his children, it’s not about the x or the mom…it’s his children’s inheritance

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It should go to his children not his mom unless if he specified in a will, which he didn’t.

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Fight it they are his children.

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You need to weigh it up. If you fight it you could essentially loose a chunk of anything they may get in legal fees if it comes out of the estate. Ask his mother what the kids are looking to receive from the estate and go from there

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Get an attorney ASAP! THE KIDS SHOULD GET AT LEAST HALF IF HE DIED INTESTATE.
SPEAK NOW! DONT WAIT!

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The estate should 100% go to his children. Not his mother.

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Get a Lawyer! Sometims they have a 30 min session for $100 See what they tell you. You want a litigation Lawyer. If your in Southern California I have a great one. He won my case and got me all. Plus some.

did he have a will? did he have your kids as beneficiaries? tbh, if his mom wants his stuff I’d go ahead & let her have it along with any taxes owed currently or in the future plus all repair & maintenance headaches…

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FIGHT FOR HIS CHILDREN, grandmother should want her sons kids to have it not her

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The kids should get it, I’d fight for it for them…

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Contest it! They are a priority

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Get a lawyer the kids come first… not the parents… she should just give it to his kids… she is in the wrong

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Contest it. He would most likely have wanted his kids to have it

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Fight all of it belongs to your children they are his next of kin

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