Inheritance and Ex JW children

greendawn

We all know how disfellowshipped or disassociated children get treated by their JW parents, that they are totally shunned.

But what happens when it comes to family inheritance do they get treated fairly or do they get a lesser share or in extreme cases perhaps nothing at all?

And would JW parents that have no children left in the WTS choose to give everything to the org?

Crumpet

I know for a fact my parents wouldn't leave me anything - they don't have any possessions anyway of any value. I do know they expect to be on my will as I asked them a while back if I could put them down as beneficiaries or whether they would not be allowed to receive money or things from me at my death. They replied very quickly that there would be no problem at all with that.

Anyway I've mentioned very specifically on my life insurance that no relative of mine is allowed any money. This is not because I wouldn't want to leave them anything -its simply that I can't trust them not to give it all to the borg.

Honesty

I'm the parent and the kids get zilch from me.

My church gets half and the young couple that helped me reason from the scriptures, investigate the WTBTS and taught me what real Christian love is gets the other half. The church and my friends don't know they are my beneficiaries. I doubt they would love bomb me if they knew.

Does this sound cruel and hard?

Think about this: My precious children consider me dead, scummy dross, a loathesome apostate who turned his back on Jerhover, a liar and deserter from Jerhover's channel of communication. I would gladly include them but I know the WTBTS would ultimately get all they received from me and it will be a very cold frozen day in Hell before I give any more of my blood, sweat and tears to the demonised bastard WatchTower Society.

blondie

It's their money, it's their stuff, it's their choice. My abusive father used to threaten to disinherit us every time we didn't measure up to his insane standards, and I was only 8.

If they love you in a healthy, unconditional way, you may get something; otherwise don't be concerned. I have seen JW parents who have several active JW children, favor some over others.

Don't let it be something they can use to hurt you.

Love, Blondie

luna2

I think there are a good number who do leave it all to the Borg if they have either no JW kids or no kids at all.

It was one of the things my grandmother was very bitter about when my grandfather's JW sisters died childless...they left nothing to family and all to the WTS.

Englishman

My parents had several inheritances left to them.

Each time, my Dad would give up work and go pioneering until the money ran out. Or he'd sell up and go and serve Where the need was great.

Now, my mum has willed most of her stuff to the WT and to the local KH. ..Including all of her WT bound volumes. I might just keep the one that majors on 1975...

Englishman.

Fe2O3Girl

I have been disfellowshipped for 11 years; my parents don't shun me.

No person is under any obligation to leave their assets to anyone, including their children, so "fairness" does not come in to it. It is not my "right".

DannyBloem

It is a personal descision from the parent, what they will give to the children.

There is no WTS reason to give nothing or less if children are df.

There is also no reason to shun children if they are df, according to the WTS.

Both is the parents personal descission.

stopthepain

I'm the only true hater of the witnessess,but out of the 5 kids,I'm the sole beneficiary.I gues the awake didn't have an article on seperating inheritances evenly!

Englishman

No person is under any obligation to leave their assets to anyone, including their children, so "fairness" does not come in to it. It is not my "right".

Nonetheless, it is normal practise for a parent to leave any money he may have to his offspring. The WT do get right in there for a slice and will get a much bigger slice if the child has been disfellowshipped.

I wonder if losing out in a will because of religious prejudice is contestable? Particularly if the beneficiary is the very same org that instigated the DF'ing and benefitted as a result of this?

Englishman.

Inheritance and Ex JW children

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