‘My Dad Left His £1 Million Fortune To A Wife I’d Never Met’ | This Morning

[@seekingthemiddleway4048]

Goodness, a judge with a brain and a heart as well.

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

not many. unless your smart enough to have cameras recording things, the woman always gets believed.

[@kat9669]

I knew Jill in the 80s. And her family. ! Jill was very hard working and made the money for the business that grew. ! Jill is one beautiful lady. Glad she contest the will ! She speaks the truth. !

[@plum_loco]

She sound like a lovely lady, honest and hard working, trying to help her father and family.

[@dina6650]

Good for her, that she had the courage to contest

[@missSchultz]

My heart are so relieved and glad Jill won, By the way this wife is Philippino ?😮

[@saythankyou111]

@@missSchultzohhh that’s odd,😉

[@jsmith3980]

That's nice to know, so glad she won.

[@allthingsnu4673]

The fact that his assets were not only left to the new wife but also to her sons is a huge red flag when he had a daughter and other family who helped him over the years.

[@slinkiegirl2001]

Older men needs to realise these women from Asia Russia Ukrainian are laser focused on getting money by any means nessesary,even if it means cutting off his family so be it

[@elizabethtobin6894]

I’m so glad the daughter won her case. So many vulnerable people are taken advantage of.

[@maddieb2763]

So glad she won the case. We all know why a 39 year-old woman would marry a 90-year-old, don't we?

[@ritadonnelly8820]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rachel.mcgowan]

39 years his junior so about 51yo. But still it raises eyebrows.

[@wandaalabarces5177]

❤❤❤😂😂😂

[@fulanichild3138]

He died at 94. She was 55. But still... so obvious.

[@ivydickson7596]

You just proved why punctuation is needed. Can't understand what you are saying.

[@kathymaxted9485]

She deserved the inheritance. Im pleased she won the case

[@sugarzblossom8168]

But this does prove unfortunately that that you have to mention family un your will otherwise they could overrule it

[@Maz-zb9uf]

No, I think this is a disgrace dont you think there was a reason why her father felt the need to leave her out of his will maybe no one knows what happened behind the screens this lady isn't a victim as she was make herself out to be

[@Hazy18]

@@Maz-zb9uf the same logic could be used against what you’ve just said as well. I don’t think she was making herself out to be a victim, I think she was talking about her father being a victim. The woman he married was nearly/basically 4 decades younger than him, married him a year before he died and when he wrote his new will 2 months before his death made multiple errors about his own life and couldn’t even remember where he actually was from showing that he was not fit mentally and his mind wasn’t functioning correctly. I *highly* doubt if you found yourself in the same situation with your own father you wouldn’t have a problem with it and contest it.

[@thepicturemandannydannytho5711]

@@Hazy18 EVERYTHING YOU SAID CAN APPLY TO ANYONE IN THE WORLD… SHOOT I BARELY KNOW WHERE I AM AT SOMETIMES…. HE LEFT HER OUT FOR A REASON AND IT WILL COME TO LIGHT. THE WIFE AGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT…… PEOPLE ACT LIKE YOUNGER PEOPLE CANT FALL IN LOVE WITH OLDER PEOPLE…. IT CAN AND DOES HAPPENED EVERY DAY.

[@VictoryInJesus-wj6xx]

AMEN ❤thank you father in Jesus mighty name bless her LORD ❤️

[@MsPinkwolf]

If the new wife truly loved him, and married him just for love, she wont be upset about not getting the money. You don't deserve a million just for being married for a few months.

[@philippawallacedunlop9393]

Exactly

[@darrenmackenzie1892]

What about her security??

[@MsPinkwolf]

@@darrenmackenzie1892 I don't know. Maybe she should have got a job and a pension like everyone else 🤷‍♀️

[@imalrockme]

👏

[@imalrockme]

@@darrenmackenzie1892 What expectations could she have? I know of a case in my country where a man dying of cancer married 1 month before his death: to his companion of more than 20 years, precisely because he loved her and didn't want her to miss the financial protection. Not only he got married, he left her a will. The son tryed to anull the will in a court of law but unsuccessfully because he couldn't prove the misjudgement of his father. And it wasn´t that serious because each son was entitled a part of the fortune by their father but one ofthem was angry that the second wife got a piece.

[@lizabetx483]

Dad was unfair to her from the start. She should have been paid a decent wage from the start.

[@abbieroseholden4174]

She did say the woman was controlling her Father. Maybe not all his fault

[@lizabetx483]

@@abbieroseholden4174 "The woman" was not around when the business was a start up nor through the years of the business' growth, expansion and extension. Listen to what the daughter said abut her dad paying her very little over many years. Also, was "the woman" responsible for him being too stingy to pay for proper healthcare for his wife?

[@liszaf3976]

Many family businesses like this unfortunately!

[@jamesbomd3503]

And by marrying the home help ( madam butterfly) he wanted to spite his own daughter

[@ariamason9324]

​@abbieroseholden4174 before that woman came in he refused to pay for proper care for his wife. Clearly he was a mean man. He didn't pay his daughter what she deserved obviously.

[@luliu3577]

Finally, a Judge is smart and have common sense. When a person gets that old, a medical team must certify a person has sound mind before a new will can be created. The 11 month “new wife” may hasted his demise as soon a new will was created.

[@Beachgirl00213]

I'm pleased she's won! The wife should just be happy that she left with what she put into the marriage, nothing!

[@anglodoomer5995]

Dealing with elderly relatives is very difficult

[@cosmopolitanwonder9675]

Not if a will is made and they are of sound mind. If not then most have a will from earlier my family left wills when they stopped having children and said if dad died mum would get it when mum do IED Kids get it. All get a fair share. No second wife of eleven months should get the money, in a new changed will.

[@amira3650]

The new wife was a gold digger ! Poetic justice was served

[@bambinaforever1402]

Yes, but old daughter did not take care of her old father, so why should she get inheritance? She said herself they were estranged. U know what it means? If she were taking care of her dad i would be for her, but she wasnt

[@MrJohnsolomon]

​@@bambinaforever1402I agree that she was estranged and hadn't seen her father for at least a year and she would have found out if she had visited him. Her dad was right to try to keep his wife at home if he loves her. Who would so nonchalantly dump their mother in a care home if they have money to pay for her to be at home? However, she earned him at least part of the million pounds. The new wide hadn't invested any part of herself in that business so, I'd say she's entitled to something but not so much. Anyway, I was shocked when she said so easily that she received a letter telling her about the wedding a year afterwards. She obviously wasn't that worried for her elderly father's wellbeing.

[@slinkiegirl2001]

You think a young girl wants an old man for anything else

[@mystrength5640]

This Happens so Often, More Solicitors and Judges need to take note!

[@kevinshanahan6064]

They are aware.

[@kevinshanahan6064]

There is an other issue here. There is no mental capacity test for marriage. The lady is his widow and he died intestate when his will is set aside. His widow gets £322k if death after 25.7.23 or £270k before all personal effects and half the residue if the deceased left children or remoter issue. This seems the case here.

[@mystrength5640]

@@kevinshanahan6064 Thank you 😊

[@jstone247]

That father appeared to be a very ungrateful and obstinate man. Not treating his ailing first wife truly indicates how mean spirited and selfish he was.

[@Threadbow]

Did you see how elderly were abused in care homes ? I agree with everything else but that was probably an emotional decision. Same cost for home care as care homes v expensive and they worsen condition oftentimes.

[@Threadbow]

I think as daughter said he was manipulated and suffering memory loss confused.

[@jamesbomd3503]

And to boot he married Madame butterfly to spite his own Daughter

[@ariamason9324]

Exactly. He didn't have dementia, he was just a mean wicked person all his life.

[@Threadbow]

@@ariamason9324 dementia can start years earlier with behavioural changes. Please Don't judge. Having seen abuse in care homes. I cannot find fault in his decision. You can't judge from one small segment sentence.

[@trishaprett7721]

The solicitor who drafted her father’s last will needs to be investigated.Her fathers appears to have been cognitively impaired

[@b.bernal6151]

Obviously your father also had dementia. So glad you were able to overturn the will, the new wife took advantage of him.

[@AK-xj2di]

It's clear the motivation was not marriage but his money.

[@besmartvoteblue2702]

I had that problem. My grandmother left a life estate to a gold digger who married my father, (she didn't know she did this.. ) and said women also robbed my grandmother of all her jewelry. My grandmother's will was done in the 70s but all of a sudden a two day old will pops up... you get the drift. I was defrauded of everything.

[@abbieroseholden4174]

Usually I would say that contesting the will is wrong and you should respect that persons wishes whos passed away. However on this one I am on her side she deserves that inheritence not some woman he just met

[@HellORhighwaters]

Congrats on overturning that will. I am happy for you. You deserve you parents fortune, especially considering how short this new wife had been with him❤😊 If at all he should have shared his fortune not give to just one person. Especially when he had named you a sole beneficiary some years earlier.

[@StepbyStepbyMiriam]

I am glad she got the inheritance that she deserved. Also congratulations to the Judge who carried out this justice.

[@elizabethlovelock9613]

This lady’s mother would have been due her husbands money if she’d have lived, she contributed to his fortune, the mother would have wanted her daughter to be provided for, the new wife was not part of the process, sounds like she was gold digger. Glad she won the case, although the cost was probably high.

[@littleredrose6254]

The person who contests a Will and is successful, does not pay a penny in fees.

[@OnlyMe-uk6nh]

I totally disagree. Nobody is “due” an inheritance. People should be able to leave their assets to whoever they wish …. That includes second wives.

[@elizabethlovelock9613]

@@OnlyMe-uk6nh whilst I agree to some degree, does the wishes of the deceased first wife who helped amass the fortune not be taken into account, I imagine she always thought their daughter would inherit their money. We have had our will written to protect our children’s inheritance, if one of us dies and the other remarries the deceased’s half goes to the children and not a new spouse.

[@OnlyMe-uk6nh]

@@elizabethlovelock9613 I think it would be really nice if the first wife’s wishes would be taken into account, but I don’t think that there is a moral or ethical obligation to do so. I have a similar thing in my family now. My husband’s father remarried a woman younger than him and he has told both his sons (despite being a close family), that he is leaving everything to his current wife and bypassing his 2 sons. He has asked that she then pass it onto his grandkids when she goes, but that will be her choice.

[@tangodaze]

I’m so glad she won, because truth doesn’t always win…😢

[@countessnatashaandthemonro4408]

She sounds like a wonderful daughter. Justice prevailed!

[@ke9988]

In Canada, a law prevented caregivers from any financial gain from the client's will. This case was based on a short marriage, but the ill intent is the same.

[@helveticaification]

Interesting. Will look further into this.

[@a.a.p3254]

Are you sure about that I’m a caregiver and I’m in the will!

[@plum_loco]

Such a law is needed in the UK and USA as well.

[@jsmith3980]

That's good, we should have that law here. My neighbour's caregiver got his house more than 30years ago. Neighbour was a widower with no children.

[@fuz721]

So good that something went right in our court system for once! Well done on your win, well earned family money going to Jill 💕

[@leonierascionato547]

It's clear dad was abused by the wife

[@leonierascionato547]

It's justice

[@fuz721]

Agreed, it’s definitely justice! Watching Jill’s face when the statement was read out from the wife was brilliant, the amount of times we see the wrong person coming out on top from some kind of loop hole in the courts is painful, so this was good to see 🙌🏼😄 I hope the wife didn’t get a single penny, not even a plate or a picture and just has her ‘good memories’ to live on 👊🏼

[@KimSmith-b9v]

"The truth always wins." No, it does not. She got lucky.

[@apgx6032]

I am so glad the truth did win as this is not always the case. Thank God for that High Court judge who had wisdom.

[@JW-yt7lr]

This marriage should have been challenged by the registrar when the father and new wife went to lay the information for the wedding . Then this coercive marriage would never had taken place .

[@patriciam.1204]

The daughter had to walk away I totally agree with her, the same thing happened to me I was broken hearted when my father died and left all to a woman he lived with for two WEEKS total. I nursed him through cancer because he wouldn’t go into a hospice, she went away to console herself. I walked away after the funeral and looked after his 100 year old mother till she died. The wife went home to her home country with his life savings, proceeds of house sale the lot. Never to be heard of again. (She even took his ashes) !!!!!

[@besmartvoteblue2702]

I hear you. i was defrauded of everything. Be wary of accountant-attorneys in Lexington, Massachusetts everyone.

[@verenamaharajah6082]

How dreadful! I am so sorry for you, you sound like a good person who deserved better.

[@mystrength5640]

Soo Sorry! 🙏🏻

[@StepbyStepbyMiriam]

So sorry that this happened to you. The woman in question will get her Karma as sure as you will get good Karma for all that you have done for everyone.

[@paulgrant7838]

What a ****er!!! My heart goes out to you and others so appallingly treated

[@lifeslessons9889]

I’d be devastated if this were my elderly parents. Some ‘other’ person homing in and with the intention of cashing in !! What’s a woman half his age doing with a man in his 90’s ?! Come on … really ? Absolutely RUTHLESS…gold digger

[@char2304]

After seeing the photo of the 'new wife', nothing surprises me! I won't write the truth as I'll be flagged...pffff

[@IadoreyouMaxxy]

Yep its a typical sight

[@katbar6066]

We get your drift and I agree 100%

[@laraandrews9710]

@@IadoreyouMaxxythey do this in Australia all the time

[@maddieb2763]

I totally agree.

[@Chawaniii]

0:16 Chelsea a South East Asian woman. 🇹🇭🇵🇭🇻🇳🇱🇦🇰🇭 Making it easier for you karen

[@alisontribe1446]

Good for her for fighting the will so glad she won it’s unbelievable what people will do for money just pure greed this needs to be addressed as this is happening far to offer people are meeting very valuable elderly people and married them and they automatically entitled to the the assets as a married person just not right at all shocking !

[@elainecoley-evans6393]

The truth doesn’t always win. A lot of people have learned that to their detriment.

[@LLOOYYYDD]

*39year old Asian woman marries a 90year old? Give me a break*

[@maryshannon4444]

Exactly.

[@patriciaweir359]

It happens alot...Asian woman see them as a soft touch. Marry old men ,and cut out the family from their inheritance.

[@gchristina1770]

Everyone thinks this is ridiculous with the exception of the new wife who swindled this money from a devoted daughter.

[@ctva2719]

This could be a white young hot woman with a 90 yrs old man. she and her children with him must be given their fair share just as his daughter from the first wife.

[@patoises]

racist much?

[@christinejames5631]

For once something went thr right way in our otherwise corrupt court system. Really i am very happy for this lady and i thank the judge whom decided this.

[@cherylmillard2067]

Former lawyer Guixiang Qin moved from China to the UK and married Robert Harrington. Her name wasn't Chelsea. Earlier this month, at Central London County Court, a judge ruled that 'significant impropriety' had taken place in the writing of Mr Harrington's new will. His new wife 'Chelsea', whose real name is Guixang Qin, was said to have had 'undue influence' on her nonagenarian husband. Source: The Mirror and Mail

[@jsmith3980]

good research

[@JerilynnMorra]

Here is what happens. Paid CARETAKERS take advantage of lonely elders. Especially if kids are in other states. Always check up on your elders .

[@cherylmillard2067]

@@JerilynnMorra Not all caretakers take advantage of those in their care. Shephen Hawking married his nurse, and he was mentally sound, people fall in love no matter their age or disability.

[@JoChi-zd4rd]

By that time of marriage, he was either 93 or 94. Obviously, he is not of sound mind. Why would they approve that marriage license??

[@Liitebulb]

Chelsea could be her "european name." Many non Europeans give themselves an English nickname

[@aurora6920]

It's scary that not only do we have online scammers but *real life scammers* who target the elderly/vulnerable to marry and take their money :( If only there was a law in place to prevent this scam from happening. I'm she fought back and won the case.

[@ArielleXArielle]

That new wife was a gold digger who thought she was smart...

[@poonamshah6507]

Smart lady, love how she stayed so composed and won her case. 💜

[@cundie1]

WHATS THE POINT OF SHOWING THE BLURRED PICTURES??

[@PhnxI3]

With a dad like this you don’t need any enemies no more.

[@JennyAmponsah]

Just goes to show that family isn’t always everything sadly.😢 your own can turn on you just like that.

[@stan0009]

@@PhnxI3 he was old and lost his mind, it wasn’t him! Nothing to do with “a dad like this” it’s the women who can see this and wanted the money.

[@gailainsley6939]

I’ve noticed that most dads are like this.

[@stan0009]

@@PhnxI3 repeat

[@99fruitbat94]

About 40 years ago in the small village in which I lived , a single woman gave up her job to become the carer for her elderly parents ( at their request ) . She moved in and done pretty much everything for them . After they eventually died she discovered that they had left everything to charity . She was evicted from the house .

[@Pepsithegreat]

😥

[@viviennecuff6612]

A will is not valid if it has been drawn up when the person lacks mental capacity

[@Caz_2087]

One look at the new wifes photo explained everything 🤑

[@korinifilipo4638]

God Bless The Judge 🙌 🙌 🙌

[@sandrapearson728]

It’s always the way that those closest are the ones affected most. My mother was exactly the same, it was very sad making accusations etc. fortunately for us she got past this stage and was her sweet self by the time she died.

[@PBJ5519]

Such a sad story, as are many like this. A family. A family who built a family legacy. Taking advantage of a vulnerable and aging man is so cruel to not only him, but the family. So important to pursue Truth ......... and to have justice.

[@MsAlien911]

11 months is no time at all, in the long road of love and marriage, and she had no right to his money, morally. Right outcome.

[@eedwards4603]

Good for her! I am so glad the judge saw the logic and the sense. After working for most of her adult life for £30/week, she deserves all the inheritance. The wife of less than a year (and her son!) deserves no more than a pittance.

[@kamranahmed4714]

Nice humble lady deserve all the inheritance

[@amanda90]

My mums gone though this, my mum was only child and he left all to his evil wife

[@VanillaMacaron551]

My dad too. Single child, his mum died when Dad was a baby in 1936. His dad married a lady 15 yrs older than him, no kids. Poppa wrote in his hand-drawn will that his wife should have the right to live in their house until she died but then everything should go to my dad, who by then had a family and 4 kids. Wife challenged the will and everything went to her. Her snivelling nephew was in their house going through Poppa's paperwork while Dad was still visiting Poppa in hospital, away from home in the country town Poppa was passing through when he had a heart attack. Needless to say, wife's nephew got everything.

[@MCee97]

@@VanillaMacaron551Honestly so scummy.. did anything happen after?

[@yolandatubin8126]

Thank goodness true heir and not some goldigger got the money.

[@DLFfitness1]

A nursing home is the best place, when folks can’t take care of themselves. She is a smart lady.

[@patriciapatriciagray-thorp9574]

Yaaaa....Justice for Jill and for her father❤❤❤

[@akamau592]

Am so happy that she won the case. As she said, there is so many red flags already there. Why would you marry a 90 yr old man in a flash and leave most of the money left to his new wife and her new wife's son. Many legal firms or people should be aware of this before making them get married etc. Poor man was incapable of making decision himself and with no doubt, he was pressured by his new wife to get things done quickly.

[@bcent5758]

Im sure her mother would have turned in her grave if the daughter didn’t get the house.

[@passplus1]

This outcome was absolutely the right one, My only concern is, was Jill able to stop the defendant from spending the inheritance whilst it was contested and has the money been handed over to her now? I hope this is the case and that she and her children and other relatives that were "remembered" in the original will get to enjoy every penny. Jill - well done. You are one strong, decent and dignified lady.

[@pduffy421]

Not much point showing blurry pictures. My brother stole our father's home by forging his Will. He also got our mother to write lies about me falsely accusing me of my brother's crimes. There is very little real Justice in this country.

[@Niki-mp8qe]

Yeah, when it family its seen as a civil matter even though its a real crime, that's our legal system for you, it's soft

[@MsPinkwolf]

The point is did they know the will was forged?

[@ThatChrisPryce]

Hey, when aired on TV the photos aren’t blurry, they blur them when they upload clips to KZbin for copyright reasons. They have permission/the copyright holders permission to show on the programme at that time on that station. If a show then decides to upload to another media site such as this one, they blur the photos. It is very annoying though as I don’t watch regular tv nowadays lol. Hope this helps. 😊

[@daisy9910]

They show a proper pic later in the video.

[@sararichardson737]

@@ThatChrisPrycethanks for explaining

[@richardw3470]

Dementia for sure. False memory; I was accused of things I couldn't have done, crazy accusations against others, downright paranoia. It's an awful thing to have to deal with in others.

[@Liitebulb]

There are people like that in their 30s and 40s. It's not necessarily dementia

[@Zactvuk]

Why isnt the Solicitor who changed the will held acountable in court?

[@peeg09]

KEE-VA! The woman must be too polite to correct them.

[@chrissymcmillan5364]

I was really irritated by that too!

[@denalowry8710]

Glad this lady got justice

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Hilarious. We all know WHY the new wife married him. New wife 😡.

[@TruthBeTold-oq5ql]

Well done for fighting thos case and keeping ypur mums legacy alive. Too many vultures out here...

[@jeanettewright7548]

This is something my oldest brother is fighting the American courts with, our mother died first and our step dad took in a live in cleaner who coerced our step father to write a new will and left her every penny, close to a million. Sickening

[@jsmith3980]

'live-in cleaner' that says it all! Just hope your family wins.

[@yvonnemalone5038]

Delighted with the outcome one gold digger is put back firmly in her box 📦 abuse of the elderly is disgusting 🤮 that solicitor should be named and shamed

[@humbro7207]

Good on Jill!!

[@aq5121]

That’s awful. Such unnecessary stress and mental anguish.

[@jabanucathey4562]

Even me who is not a lawyer i can judge this case - it's really self explanatory

[@davidridgeway83]

I completely agree with the fact the daughter got the money but why do people always expect to get money when their parents die?

[@debramckay4611]

This is sad. Why should a woman who's only known him for a few years get the family inheritance. My own sister cohersed family into changing the will. It's heartbreaking and tears family's apart

[@Belevaqua]

One should NEVER expect it. If you get it…. It is a blessing.

[@LM20237]

Why do parents expect their children to help them in business and when they become elderly? Family is family. Inheritance is inheritance. This woman worked hard for her mother and father's benefit and in the end couldn't even get her Dad to spend some money on his wife, her mother's, comfort and care at the end of her life. The daughter deserves it.

[@imalrockme]

@@Belevaqua Exactly, but in this case, the fair recipient for such blessing is the daughter.

[@JoanaTimko]

​@@Belevaquathe perfect answer

[@castlequay2327]

there are no capacity assessments when vulnerable elderly ate taken to get married.......all they have to say is 'yes'. Sadlyva common problem and not all families are told their elderly relative is married until after their death.

[@r8chlletters]

This is very common now, people who benefitted from their parents death then not passing on that wealth to their own children as well as becoming entangled in predatory relationships as they lose their cognitive ability. This is low hanging fruit for people tempted by financial gain and I know more than one adult child with a parent being preyed upon by a “love interest”. There is a reason people throughout human history pass on what assets they have to help their family survive and hopefully thrive. This generation now approaching their 80s and above has broken this unspoken rule and yet lived with some of the greatest wealth opportunities seen in the past century. As this generation needs significant help in dementia care it is even more important courts can protect family who are nearly always the only ones doing the care work and upholding basic protections for their loved one.

[@seekingthemiddleway4048]

Indeed, and that is one reason why on the continent you cannot completely disinherit your children. UK and US inheritance law is not fit for purpose.

[@plum_loco]

There are numerous cases of the caregiver child being removed from the will as the suggestion of another child and making them the inheritor even though they never lifted a finger to care for the parent.

[@50hellkat2]

Objectionafiably defiant and contrary is something that presents with some people who have dementia and the executive functioning area can deteriorate as well. There can be personality changes and they resist loved ones assisting them away from their faulty decisions. This makes them vulnerable to financial exploitation by people. They can disinherit their family and do very reckless financial moves. It is very good to see that there are judges and courts that understand this.

[@philippawallacedunlop9393]

I truly believe he will rest easier in knowing his lifetime’s work was not ‘lost’ due to his impaired thinking during those last months of his life. His daughter, always having been his beneficiary, remained so. As it should be. Great precedent

[@VanillaMacaron551]

@@philippawallacedunlop9393 I wonder if daughter would have won though if she had not run all those businesses with her dad, ie contributed to the wealth. I suspect not.

[@philippawallacedunlop9393]

@VanillaMacaron551 I like to believe it wouldn’t have made a difference, but you may be right.

[@helloEther]

You will need to pay a court fee to start your case. Typically this will be based on the value of your claim. The fee payable upon issue of proceedings is 5% of the amount for claims worth between £10,000 and £200,000, or £10,000 for claims worth more than £200,000.

[@lindamcloughlin1326]

Well maybe if he paid her a decent wage all the years she was working for him he might not have so much to leave behind…on principle I agree with you that children are not entitled to an inheritance but think this woman deserves it

[@rosiegrove5021]

A wife divorced her husband because of his adultery with another woman. After his ex wife's death, the man married his mistress, who outlived him. The second wife inherited his entire estate, and his ( adult ) children inherited nothing. Yet the second wife cannot understand the reason why her stepchildren want nothing to do with her ! A genuinely loving wife, even one with no affection for her stepchildren, would have taken steps, as a matter of principle & common decency, to ensure they received at least a share in the man's estate. He wasn't divorced from HIS CHILDREN !

[@njcanuck]

The husband could have taken care of that in his will. His negligence.

[@maryannconroy9372]

You deserve it 👏

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Lovely lady & happy justice prevailed 😊

[@heidisciberras4159]

Dementia definitely cause personality change , sometimes aggressive behaviour and vulnerability. Sad someone took advantage of an old person. So happy his daughter got her inheritance 🎉

[@alphabetacanton]

I am from Hong Kong and those mainland Chinese women are PREDATORY alright. So many of my relatives and female friends have their boyfriends and husbands pounced on by those totally ruthless women from China. Also, children of elderly fathers in Hong Kong are now facing their inheritance wiped out after their dads fell for those women. I am glad that this lovely lady got justice; she deserves every penny of her dad's estate after contributing so much to the family coffers. Well done, you are the best example of British womanhood!

[@thecure3982]

How do they get these men to trust them?

[@GarlandChannel]

You are right to take this digger to court and won.

[@YaBasicMillenial]

Glad for her

[@breakawayfromme]

No one is "entitled" to anyone else's money in my option, family or not

[@biegebythesea6775]

disagree

[@janetta98]

Certainly, this is true. However, this woman contributed to her father's business successes. The new wife swooped in and took advantage.

[@giftedchild9490]

A gold digger is I guess 😂😂

[@lorralorra222]

So if there was a debt, would u agree to pay it ???

[@markhooper4532]

Winnie Wallace....Spend that money as fast as you can Jill or somebody else might get their hands on it. Don't worry that you didn't see him in the later part of his life, and didn't even know he had married, he was confused and not in the best of health , so best to leave him to get on with what time he had left. I can't think for the life of me why he'd change his will.

[@Elleliza3501]

I'm not in support of the mentality that only loves someone for their money - but, we are losing sight of what a will is. It is a legal document outlining your final wishes. If he were alive and decided to spend the £1m on the new wife and her kids, the daughter would be powerless to stop it. Now that he is dead, they are rewriting his choice. Father and daughter were estranged for a decade, that is a legitimate reason to write someone out of a will, particularly for someone who is aging and sick. And just because someone is 94, doesn’t mean they lack capacity to make decisions about who they consider family and where they would like their assets to go. Yes, I think its absolutely rotten, selfish and cruel of her father to leave that money to someone who hasn't contributed anything to his success, and most likely didn’t love him. But, it was HIS last selfish wish, and if we stop trusting the legitimacy of wills just because we don't like who the money is going to, no legal contract will have any weight.

[@janeclayton151]

Seniors can be very vulnerable to abuse (esp. financial abuse!). This reeks of coercion & abuse. So glad the Judge served justice!!

[@ReviewAndAnalysis2732]

Poor lady. Glad that the judge made the sensible decision. Horrific behaviour from the gold digger.

[@hyacinthleon4178]

Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@kalinig8783]

These cases are more frequent than people think and are often decided in favor of the right party. There are alot of great judges and attorneys who work in this aspect of the law. (says the probate paralegal, in my humble opinion).

[@PaladinesAngel]

Nobody is owed anything. It’s not your money until someone decides to leave it to you. Kids aren’t owed anything. If the new wife fored him to change his will that’s another matter. If my mum chooses not to leave me any money then that’s up to her. It’s HER money. I am not entitled to anything unless she wants me to have it. It’s HERS, until she is gone, and then it’s whomever she wants it to be.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

the new wife forced him indeed

[@philippawallacedunlop9393]

All true. But dementia is a disease, & her father sounded like a nice man until he got ill with symptoms. The Will wasn’t changed until after the marriage (there are devious narcissistic people do marry for the inheritance). Were I to marry a man that age with one child, I’d insist she got the inheritance because she’d earned it. Nothing about it being her due of corse, just that it would be right: she had loved him for 60+yrs & I’d only loved him for one... It’s quite simple really.

[@PaladinesAngel]

I totally agree. The right thing for the new wife to do would be at the very least split it with his daughter or give it all to her. They fell out before the new wife came along though. But were I the wife I would absolutely split it. My mother tries to threaten my sister all the time with cutting her off. But I always tell her whatever she gives to me I will split with my sister if she cuts her off. Because it’s not worth falling out with your family over something is a silly as money you aren’t owed.

[@leonierascionato547]

Sorry, this woman married to gain a profit

[@lindamcloughlin1326]

This daughter contributed greatly to her father’s accumulation of his wealth so is definitely deserving

[@holycow3355]

Before you people jump up & down cheering, "The defendant will automatically receive about £475,000 as his surviving spouse, daughter will only get £200,000" !!

[@carolinelewis9615]

Judges must look at the facts of course, but also look at the whole picture. Justice was clearly done in this case and this daughter was rewarded back her hard work, devotion and loyalty to her dad and mum, she deserves it 100%

[@michelereynolds7295]

They’re out there! Ready to grab what they can

[@ClothedByGrace]

God bless this woman

[@nickcoppard5335]

I was just pleased my step mother took great of my dad in his last times , i never fet any need want or desire to exercise any influence over inheritance,

[@elenikominos7404]

It's not always stranger's that rip family off. This Lady was fortunate to receive her inheritance,which would take into account for years of unpaid labour.

[@barbsharwood2364]

This happens so often, thank goodness for the outcome in favour for his devoted daughter. The reason for her father's success was mainly due to his daughter & her business knowledge. His second wife obviously was just after his wealth.

[@THEBIGHIIT]

Here for the comments 👀

[@nonasmith2405]

In my opinion, its up to the person who they leave anything to, but it must be legal.

[@elizabethk2072]

Neither of the presenters know how to pronounce Irish names it seems 😅

[@amreenazam9013]

Glad she won she’s family worked really hard