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When promised inheritance goes to someone else

My father promised me his vintage car collection my entire life but put it in his will to go to my stepson who has known him for five years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The breaking of a decades-long promise is forcing a reevaluation of what words mean versus what legal documents prove.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and death — estate and inheritance?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.