A British judge has ruled that five granddaughters will receive only 50 pounds (Rs 5,261) each from their grandfather's estate of 500,000 pounds (Rs 5,26,13376). The decision comes after the grandfather, a retired soldier named Frederick Ward Snr, reportedly felt hurt by the lack of visits from his grandchildren during his hospital stays due to a lung condition. The subway.
According to court documents, Mr. Ward left the majority of his estate to his two children, Terry Ward and Susan Wiltshire. The remaining grandchildren, children of Mr Ward's late son Fred Jr, each received just £50 in envelopes, leading to a family dispute.
After discovering they had been largely cut out of their grandfather Frederick Ward Snr's will, his five granddaughters – Carol Gowing, Angela St Marseille, Amanda Higginbotham, Christine Ward and Janet Pett – took legal action. They argued that they should receive a third of their late grandfather's money, arguing that their aunt and uncle, Mr Ward's other children, had unduly influenced him to change the will in their favour. However, the judge ruled in favor of the will and confirmed Mr Ward's right to distribute his estate as he saw fit.
According toThe subway, High Court judge Master James Brightwell has now ruled that the 2018 will was 'entirely rational', adding that the grandchildren had 'very limited contact' with their 'disappointed' grandfather.
Master Brightwell dismissed their case, saying: 'Some may be of opinion that, as a general proposition, when the child of a testator has predeceased him, he should generally leave an equal share of his residue to the descendants of that child .'
“However, the decision not to do so and to divide the residue and therefore the bulk of the estate among his surviving children can hardly be regarded as a provision that no reasonable testator could make.”