RULE 6

Blood comes before money

I said I’d mention very dysfunctional families. Sadly, a few parents don’t care what emotional wreckage they leave when they die, and may even design their will to create hurt or dissension. If this applies to you, you’ll know because they’ll have been doing it for long years before they finally go. They may well have promised the same things to you and your siblings, or tried to manipulate you with threats about what you will or won’t get in their will.

At least if this is the case, you probably had no expectations anyway, but you may have had hopes that are dashed when it comes to it. Mind you, there are plenty of other, less obviously dysfunctional parents who make disruptive decisions about who to leave everything ...

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