US EditionAsking Eric: I Don’t Want to Give My Niece the Gift My Wife Left in Her Will
CERRO GORDO COUNTY, IOWA, AUG 01 – The husband questions the niece's care during his wife's illness and prefers to give the inherited jewelry to their daughter despite the wife's will.
- Shortly after my wife’s diagnosis, the husband hesitated to hand over his late wife’s jewelry, despite the will naming her niece as recipient, intending to give it to their daughter instead.
- Amid her wife’s 19-month pancreatic cancer battle, her niece visited only during the final two weeks, appearing disengaged, while the husband hesitates over the will.
- Following her niece’s engagement, the wife’s one wish was to attend her wedding, and her daughter’s presence was especially meaningful during her illness.
- The family is implementing safeguards against potential financial or identity theft after the mother-in-law's alleged taking of heirloom silver, prompting theft concerns.
- Honoring the wife’s wishes offers a path for her generosity to continue, and establishing boundaries can help mitigate family toxicity, the husband says.
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Asking Eric: Niece who has a special spot in the will was awful as my wife was dying
Dear Eric: When my wife and I updated our wills, she designated a diamond tennis bracelet and diamond stud earrings to her niece (she had no biological children). Later that month my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to which she would succumb 19 months later. My daughter (my wife’s stepdaughter) is a radiation oncologist and became our daily advocate as we navigated the byzantine world of cancer treatment.Shortly after my wife’s diagnos…
Asking Eric: My late wife’s niece doesn’t deserve the jewelry left to her
DEAR ERIC: When my wife and I updated our wills, she designated a diamond tennis bracelet and diamond stud earrings to her niece (she had no biological children of her own). Later that month my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to which she would succumb 19 months later. My daughter (my wife’s stepdaughter) is a radiation oncologist and became our daily advocate as we navigated the byzantine world of cancer treatment.
Asking Eric: I don’t want to give my niece the gift my wife left in her will
Dear Eric: When my wife and I updated our wills, she designated a diamond tennis bracelet and diamond stud earrings to her niece (she had no biological children of her own). Later that month my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to which she would succumb 19 months later. My daughter (my wife’s stepdaughter) is a radiation oncologist and became our daily advocate as we navigated the byzantine world of cancer treatment.
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