Pious Catholic pensioner cut granddaughter out of £220,000 will… because she lived in sin with boyfriend

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I am not sure what to think about this:
  1. The grandaughter may have changed her ways later in life and become a very devout catholic.
  2. The girl did get married.
  3. Is it right to judge another’s depth of faith and punish them for it on earthly terms. Obviously living out of wedlock is a sin, but should her grandmother have punished the girl for her sin - why not leave it to God to decide the judgement.
Obviously, anyone can leave their money to whomever they wish.
 
I think it’s a bit harsh but no one is entitled to any monies in a will. There is the justification.
 
What bothers me is that the young woman’s uncles and aunt fought to exclude this young woman and her brother from a legal will based on a so-called “drafting mistake.” Rather than share their mother’s estate with the children of their sister, these people fought to exclude their own sister’s children for their own personal enrichment. If this embitters their niece and nephew toward the Catholic Church because it was done on the basis of the elderly woman’s “strong Catholic beliefs,” I hope these people are satisfied.
 
I cannot think of a better way to leave a lasting legacy of Christian love, forgiveness, and hope than to disinherit family members who’ve gotten sidelined on their faith journey.

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Tabby said:
What bothers me is that the young woman’s uncles and aunt fought to exclude this young woman and her brother from a legal will based on a so-called “drafting mistake.” Rather than share their mother’s estate with the children of their sister, these people fought to exclude their own sister’s children for their own personal enrichment. If this embitters their niece and nephew toward the Catholic Church because it was done on the basis of the elderly woman’s “strong Catholic beliefs,” I hope these people are satisfied.
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Quite true, it was the uncles and aunt that are trying to enforce it. I had not read the full story through before posting, just the biased headline.
 
It’s from the Daily Mail. This doesn’t quite equate to it being entirely fictious, but I wouldn’t put it past them to have put a strong ‘slant’ on the facts.
 
Tabby said:
What bothers me is that the young woman’s uncles and aunt fought to exclude this young woman and her brother from a legal will based on a so-called “drafting mistake.” Rather than share their mother’s estate with the children of their sister, these people fought to exclude their own sister’s children for their own personal enrichment. If this embitters their niece and nephew toward the Catholic Church because it was done on the basis of the elderly woman’s “strong Catholic beliefs,” I hope these people are satisfied.
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When it comes to dividing up an estate, family relationships often mean little or nothing. (Of course you don’t hear about families that behave more sensitively.)
 
I think it’s a pretty jerky thing for the grandfather to do but then again no one really has a “right” to their parents or grandparents money upon their death.

My father is, for instance, spending all of my potential inheritance on a girlfriend who I feel is manipulative, a drug user, and, quite frankly unstable. This does kind of annoy me, but, to me, money is base and life is about relationships not material objects.

I find it highly unbecomming when children fight over inheritance. It’s ugly and brings out the worst in people.
 
pepipop said:
Obviously, anyone can leave their money to whomever they wish.
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If this is so, then. . .
pepipop said:
  1. The grandaughter may have changed her ways later in life and become a very devout catholic.
  2. The girl did get married.
  3. Is it right to judge another’s depth of faith and punish them for it on earthly terms. Obviously living out of wedlock is a sin, but should her grandmother have punished the girl for her sin - why not leave it to God to decide the judgement.
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None of this matters.

Really this seems like a private family matter and is no ones’ business other than the immediate family that is impacted by it.

I also do not think this qualifies as “Catholic” News.

Its more gossip than anything else.
 
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