[bena]

Something similar happened when my grandfather died. My father was the executor. The family thought the estate was much larger than it was. There were lawyers, lawsuits, attempts at extortion, at least one attempt at entrapping my father into striking one of them, and probably some other bullshit I was not aware of.

My grandparents had pretty much everything divided and handed out before they died. Two of them were living on property/in houses that were given to them by my grandparents. After funeral expenses, hospital bills, and everything else, there really wasn't much left.

If you want some real advice: Don't count on it. Set yourself up in a way that you aren't waiting for your parents to die. Have absolutely no stake in the outcome. And if you are the executor, be as open and transparent as possible. If anything, it'll make the lawsuits quicker.

[denton-scratch]

> Don't count on it.

This.

People change their wills, sometimes secretly. Maybe your parent favours your sibling, and you didn't know; maybe they want to leave everything to the cat.

Make your own life, and if something trickles down, that's a pure bonus.