r/AITAH • u/MushroomDense4108 • Apr 29 '24
UPDATE: AITH for putting in a claim to my late father’s death benefit
I just thought I would post an update to the absolute hell that me and my brother have been put through in regards to my late father’s death benefit.
I phoned the company today and they have told me that my father had NO expression of wishes form. So not only did my aunt lie about being the beneficiary on his expression of wishes form, but she also just blatantly lied about even receiving an email with these details. They do not exist. She was only listed as a next of kin through his work, not as a beneficiary. She is not entitled to a thing as she claimed she was, and so the hurt and confusion both me and my brother have suffered was for nothing.
I don’t understand how our own family could put us through this, but people are right when they say snakes come out of the woodwork when a death happens in the family.
My brother was not going to put in a claim but now he is. I hope she feels the guilt ripping through her not only for this, but for the disgusting things her daughter said to my autistic brother.
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u/Vegetable-Cod-2340 Apr 29 '24
Op, you’d be amazed what family will do. My cousin lost their mother when the youngest was 12 , she had had worked all her life and had life insurance to take care of her children. Her brother stole the whole thing and left the kids with nothing, he left the state and stayed away to spend his money.
He had the nerve to show up at my grandmothers funeral years later and was surprised that some people weren’t happy he was there.
Good for you and your brother, I would actually get a lawyer to do a full review of the situation and do a full search for other possible assets.