The County Court has allowed an adult child ‘reasonable provision’ from her father’s estate, continuing the recent trend allowing disinherited children a share of a deceased parent’s estate.
In this particular case the deceased had left his entire estate to a friend and had left a letter explaining his reasons for excluding his three daughters. One of the daughters’ claimed reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act, asking the court for £59,000 to fund a veterinary training course and to pay off various debts.
The court allowed the daughter’s claim but limited it to to £30,000, finding that the estrangement was the daughter’s fault.
