Would you dispute an inheritance if you thought it was unfair?
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🗓️ 17 February 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The amount of money involved in inheritances derived from even modest homes these days can be life changing and when someone feels they have been unfairly cut out or not given their dues, arguments can ensue.
There's been a sharp rise in inheritance disputes, but why are they occurring, what can you do to protect your legacy and would you argue if you thought you'd been treated unfairly?
That's up for discussion on this week's podcast.
Plus, will energy switching make a return, how much has an energy saving drive actually saved Simon, why is the state pension top up system such a mess and have you got what it takes for financial independence and retiring early?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to This Is Money podcast. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and editor Simon Lambert today |
| 0:07.3 | is Pensions and Investments editor Tanya Jeffries. And coming up, a surge in acrimonious inheritance |
| 0:13.3 | disputes is rippling across Britain. So could your family be heading to court next? Are fixed |
| 0:19.5 | energy deals about to make a comeback leaving to the question to fix or not to fix? |
| 0:23.6 | Meanwhile, we turned our thermostat down, skimped on heating and switched off the lights. |
| 0:29.6 | So how much energy has it actually saved? |
| 0:31.6 | Asked Simon. |
| 0:33.6 | Also today, the state pension top-ups gridlock will save us be able to fill old gaps before the April deadline and retiring in your 40s. Is it even possible? |
| 0:43.1 | Don't forget this up to date with all the latest breaking money news. Just go to this ismoney.co.com or download the app. |
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| 1:04.0 | website, Tanya and Simon, you have the story of Clive, his sister Kath, and their stepmom's son |
| 1:09.9 | from an earlier relationship. |
| 1:11.9 | It's, alas, not a happy story. |
| 1:14.3 | But just one case from a surge in bitter disputes about inheritances spreading across Britain. |
| 1:20.3 | A record number of going through the courts with challenges to the distribution of estates |
| 1:23.9 | rising 37% in 2021 compared with 2019. But why should this be the case? |
| 1:31.8 | Tanya, tell me about Clive. This is a sad story, but it's not uncommon. It's a couple that married |
| 1:40.1 | later in life and had several adult children between them, three in this case. |
| 1:45.7 | They didn't keep their will secret. |
| 1:47.5 | They, you know, explain what would happen. |
| 1:49.4 | The surviving partner would leave everything to the three children equally, |
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