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Does Being a Caregiver to your Elder Parents entitle you to a Greater Inheritance?
Mr. Justice Edleman, as he is required to do, balanced the interests of the testator and the children and varied the will. The Trial Judge stated as follows:
I am…of the view that a somewhat greater gift to Rose and Samsun is warranted given the clear intentions of Mrs. Tom. I will therefore order specific gifts of $300,000 to each of Rose and Samsun (or Samsun’s estate). The remainder of the estate is to be divided equally between the five siblings or their estates. In my view, this variation strikes the appropriate balance between Mrs. Tom’s clear intent to recognize the role of Samsun and Rose in her final years while meeting her moral obligations to her other children.