Some people are so greedy it makes me sick!!

What? Who is greedy?

Please tell me you don't think the RSPCA deserve the money
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the women who is challanging the RSPCA is greedy..

don't get me wrong.. i'm not the RSPCA's biggest fan but as it was the ladies wish it should be unheld.

Lou x
 
Nobody will ever know but it certainly isn't her daughter's place to say it wasn't and that she should have it all...IMO
 
I dont agree with you
If as she says she helped care for her mother for years she surely has rights to a good proportion of the estate.
That her parents should choose to leave their money to a charity rather than family is very sad--it suggests all affection and love has withered away
The choice of charity for a farming family is even more weird
Farmers are usually keen to pass the farm down to family members who will continue to farm it
Cant think of much the RSPCA have done to help farming can you?
 
I agree with Chuffey. And I to would admit that if I had to care for my mother who assure and said that I would be getting her house when she went, I to would be rather annoyed if it was left to someone else.

I do not see that as selfish. This lady moved to be close ot her mother and organized HER life around the womans care............that is VERY unselfish. If it had been left to another person I do think that you would all be saying poor woman, not selfish woman.
Why not leave the farm to her, with the condition that they sell some of the land with the proceeds going to the charity.
It does sound like a breakdown of the family unit before her parents deaths.
 
I feel very sorry for her - I read the newspaper report yesterday and it sounded like the mother didn't have all her marbles - she would spend entire days in the car. And the father would insist visitors were entertained in the car as he didn't want them in teh house. THis poor woman was told she would have the farm when they died and spent her whole life working to help with the farm. He husband worked on the farm also unpaid. I don't expect my parents to leave me anything - it is their money and I would hate to think they scrimped and saved to ensure they leave money to us. But in this case I would say she ha a good case to challenge the will on the basis of unsound mind. If the RSPCA had a conscience they would settle for an amount of the will. Personally I cannot imagine any farming family willingly leaving money to the RSPCA so would be tempted to use that to support the unsound mind case. She needs to find proof that the family supported hunting, shooting and fishing. That should support her case.
 
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the women who is challanging the RSPCA is greedy..

don't get me wrong.. i'm not the RSPCA's biggest fan but as it was the ladies wish it should be unheld.

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WHY IS SHE GREEDY???? it was her own mother for gods sake???

would you not be annoyed?

whether it is £250 or £2.5 million she IS the next of kin and deserves the money - doubly so if she was looking after her mother while she was ill.

Jealousy is really ugly - yes this woman may inherit that large amount of money - but if it were your own parents and you in the situation how would you feel?

I personally would feel very upset at being cut from the will?
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exactly!

I have just been left my Grandfathers house - it bypassed my mum though - which could of been a problem.

However my grandad knows that i will sell it - along with my parents house to fund a house with my own stables which was the plan all along and had he not passed away he would of come with us.

I do feel that it is the sheer amount of money - and therefore the green eyed monster - that is making people call this lady greedy.
 
i'd be well pi55ed off if my batty parents had, after giving up so much of my life helping them out, gave MY inheritence the bloody RSPCA.
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Why doesnt the RSPCA do the decent thing and only take a token gift..and return the rest??

good luck to her i say...

i notice the RSPCA haven't spared the publics money by hiring a nobody to help their cause, eh??
 
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I would never just expect money or land from my parents, it's their property after all...

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it is and thats fair enough if you feel that way - but it is inheritance after all and after this woman gave up her own time to care for her mother i completely understand why she is contesting it.
 
can't see that she is greedy at all, sounds like she spent time caring for her mother after her fathers death, made efforts to stay close by and was told the farm would be hers, understandably she is peed off that the RSPCA of all people have been left all that !!
If she'd have lived the other end of the country and not seen her parents for years and had nothing to do with the farm then i would have said she was being greedy!
 
shes not greedy in the slightest
id be mega pi55ed of too and contest the will
itsa kick in the teeth for all the hard work of looking after her parents,
poor woman i hope she wins
 
Presumably without this woman's help the farm would not have been a viable concern, the very least she should expect is back payment for all the years of work, both on the farm and as a (then) unpaid carer. The estate should be billed, at the woman's normal hourly rate of pay, for all the work she has done over the years.
 
omg no, i don't think she is greedy. i would be gutted if it were me. 2.5 m, would anyone be ok with losing that?
Sounds like she did a lot for her mum, what a kick in the teeth.
 
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I dont agree with you
If as she says she helped care for her mother for years she surely has rights to a good proportion of the estate.
That her parents should choose to leave their money to a charity rather than family is very sad--it suggests all affection and love has withered away
The choice of charity for a farming family is even more weird
Farmers are usually keen to pass the farm down to family members who will continue to farm it
Cant think of much the RSPCA have done to help farming can you?

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Totally agree with Cuffey too!

I would be most upset if it was me, especially as she helped out so much. I am sure if she does win her case she would give a lump sum to the RSPCA!!

My husband was left the family farm when he was 18 (Well in trust until he was 21) as that is what usually happens in farming families, he has 2 sisters but the farm was passed to him as he was the one working on the farm, if fact his parents carried on til they got a boy
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I totally agree that she should contest it and try to get at least a portion of the will.

I lost my mum 18 months ago (waaay too early) and she left everything to my Dad, who in turn will eventually leave it to me and my sister, isn't that how families work? My Dad isnt the most healthy person on earth and I see him very regularly despite his illness making him a difficult person to be around, and I would be a bit peeved if he left everything to the RSPCA of all things!!!
 
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the women who is challanging the RSPCA is greedy..

don't get me wrong.. i'm not the RSPCA's biggest fan but as it was the ladies wish it should be unheld.

Lou x

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WHY IS SHE GREEDY???? it was her own mother for gods sake???

would you not be annoyed?

whether it is £250 or £2.5 million she IS the next of kin and deserves the money - doubly so if she was looking after her mother while she was ill.

Jealousy is really ugly - yes this woman may inherit that large amount of money - but if it were your own parents and you in the situation how would you feel?

I personally would feel very upset at being cut from the will?
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But there must have been a damn good reason WHY her mother cut her totally from the will!! People don't do things like that if all is well in their relationship! You have no idea of the full story, as none of us do, or what went on behind closed doors.

At the end of the day, the money was her MOTHER'S to leave to whom she chose, and she chose to leave it to the RSPCA. I sincerely hope that they get every penny.

Yeah, so it was her own mother - so what??? Doesn't mean that she is entitled to it!!!
 
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I feel very sorry for her - I read the newspaper report yesterday and it sounded like the mother didn't have all her marbles - she would spend entire days in the car. And the father would insist visitors were entertained in the car as he didn't want them in teh house. THis poor woman was told she would have the farm when they died and spent her whole life working to help with the farm. He husband worked on the farm also unpaid. I don't expect my parents to leave me anything - it is their money and I would hate to think they scrimped and saved to ensure they leave money to us. But in this case I would say she ha a good case to challenge the will on the basis of unsound mind. If the RSPCA had a conscience they would settle for an amount of the will. Personally I cannot imagine any farming family willingly leaving money to the RSPCA so would be tempted to use that to support the unsound mind case. She needs to find proof that the family supported hunting, shooting and fishing. That should support her case.

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I agree COMPLETELY I htink it's rather harsh to call her selfish!! She put her life on hold for the sake of caring for her parents. I'm afraid I'd be rather miffed too!
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the women who is challanging the RSPCA is greedy..

don't get me wrong.. i'm not the RSPCA's biggest fan but as it was the ladies wish it should be unheld.

Lou x

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WHY IS SHE GREEDY???? it was her own mother for gods sake???

would you not be annoyed?

whether it is £250 or £2.5 million she IS the next of kin and deserves the money - doubly so if she was looking after her mother while she was ill.

Jealousy is really ugly - yes this woman may inherit that large amount of money - but if it were your own parents and you in the situation how would you feel?

I personally would feel very upset at being cut from the will?
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But there must have been a damn good reason WHY her mother cut her totally from the will!! People don't do things like that if all is well in their relationship! You have no idea of the full story, as none of us do, or what went on behind closed doors.

At the end of the day, the money was her MOTHER'S to leave to whom she chose, and she chose to leave it to the RSPCA. I sincerely hope that they get every penny.

Yeah, so it was her own mother - so what??? Doesn't mean that she is entitled to it!!!

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if thats the way you feel!

put yourself in her place though - wonder if you would feel the same??

also read in another article that the mother in question did have some mental health issues - surely this should be taken into account when they try to sort this all out?
 
QR I feel that I can speak about this matter at a personal level based on something that happened to me a few years ago.
Personally if I were the woman I would feel very aggrieved to and would most certainly contest the will.
If this lady was told she would be left the estate in a will then that should most certainly be the case.
It sounds to me as though the father was very manipulative and it would be very interesting as to who was indeed the witness to this will when it was made originally.
I am of the strong belief that money, land and goods should always go to the next of kin unless the next of kin were of a questionable character, eg rapist, murderer etc.
I feel terribly sorry for this daughter who has devoted love, care and time into helping her mother and to work on the farm. What she has been in dealt in return is nothing short of a blade placed firmly in the back!
What may I ask has the RSPCA done to actually deserve this amount of money/land etc?
How would the charity benefit from such a windfall? Mmm I would second guess that most of it would be wasted on needless projects and promotional literature like the tripe I get posted through my door.
Don't get me wrong I abhor any cruelty to animals and children but I just don't agree with the RSPCA policies and I feel they are too political, like in banning hunting for instance.
Please tell me how the hell that was supposed to save the life of a fox?
I am not an anti btw, must say that before anyone thinks I am.
I wish this lady much luck with her battle and I have no doubt like people have already said that she would donate some funds to the RSPCA.
It really does worry me though that some people do this though. I can understand that some people may want to give money to charities when they die but do you not think that some people are wrongly targeted by charities into leaving them money?
Emotional blackmail by using upsetting pictures and stories and tv campaigns. Whilst I can understand that charities need publicity in order to gain funds. But how many people have noticed that in recent times how much easier it is to arrange a covenant to a charity upon death. How many have seen those little boxes and words on literature pushed through the door.
Elderly people who may not have all their faculties are easy prey for charities in my opinion and I think it is wrong that these people can arrange to leave their money/estate to charities without their being a next of kin involved. Fair enough if there is no next of kin that is a different story.
I can understand that it is a person's choice as to what they do with their money but I really cannot get my head around people who fail to acknowledge their children in wills unless something really awful has taken place.
Especially when these children have freely given up time and money to help care for their parent(s) before their death.
I don't know, I just don't know.
 
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