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Social Dilemma: Who Deserves More of A Parent's Inheritance?

Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Chris and it's about an issue with his sibling. Here's the email: Hi Jaime. I'm having a problem with my brother. After my dad passed away, my mother was very lonely and needed help around the house, so my brother moved in with her, which I was 100% onboard with. He doesn’t have any kids and lives on disability, so he could be there for her full time. He lived with her for over two years until she passed away last year. I gave him some time to adjust to the new situation before telling him that we need to sell her house. Now he’s saying that because he lived with mom and took care of her those two years, he’s earned the right to live in her house permanently, or at the very least, get a larger cut of the money from the sale of the house. Our parent’s home is worth a substantial amount of money and he probably won’t even be able to afford to live there, and I think the money should be split down the middle, but he’s digging in his heels. How can I convince him that he doesn’t have a right to stay in the house and certainly doesn't deserve a larger chunk of the money from the sale. Hope you can help Thanks ~ Chris Well, Chris may not like this, but I think his brother does deserve a larger share of the money. He was his mother's caretaker for two years which meant Chris didn't have to be. That should be compensated in my opinion. I don't think him living in the house is right, but definitely getting more money from the sale is, in my opinion. What do you think? Let's help Chris out and let me know on the TRY Jaime in the Morning Facebook page.

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