Woman Refuses to Share Inheritance With Late Father’s New Wife He Had Affair With

A woman on Reddit revealed the petty reason she decided not to share the estate of her late father with his new wife upon inheriting everything.

Warning: Mentions of suicide

"Five years ago, my parents were still together when my father was caught having an affair with Jenna. Jenna confronted my mother and told her she was pregnant. My mother was devastated and chose to commit suicide," she began.

"I was devastated, and I believe that, in some way, my father was too. While I mostly blame him, the words Jenna said to my mother were cruel and, I believe, the main cause of her death. My father wanted to leave Jenna, but because she was pregnant, he married her instead. My culture is not kind to women who are unmarried with children. They went on to have a second child together," the woman continued.

Over the past five years, the woman chose not to have contact with her father due to her resentment, despite his "many attempts" to talk to her. When he recently died in a car accident, she was shocked to found out he hadn't updated his will or estate.

"Everything was left to me, including his life insurance," she revealed, adding her stepmom tried to fight her in court.

"My lawyer pointed out that she had an affair with my father while he was married. The judge ruled in my favor and shamed Jenna. Adultery is not taken kindly here, which is why the judge awarded her nothing," she continued.

To rub salt in the wound, the woman also had Jenna and Jenna's two children evicted from her childhood home.

"Jenna and her family have been raging at me. My father was a very wealthy man, and Jenna worked as a receptionist when they met. She now has no money to her name and lives with her mother. She believes I did wrong by her and my half-siblings. I do not consider them my family, and I hate them because they will always be her children," she concluded.

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Users in the comments section shared their thoughts on the situation.

"Karma took a few years to show up but boy did she come in with a vengeance... Jenna should've made sure he updated his will," one person commented.

"I’m surprised she didn’t convince your father to update his will. She broke up your family and thought she’d reap the rewards. The fact of the matter is that the inheritance is legally yours, though it’s poor compensation for losing both your parents," another shared.

"Tell her and everyone else that she knew the type of life she may end up having when she chose to sleep with a married man. She still chose to do it, therefore she chose her own fate," someone else wrote.

"What Jenna did was unforgivable. She destroyed your family. You have every right to be angry and to want nothing to do with her or her kids," another chimed in.