Man Sparks Feud After Refusing to Split Inheritance With Brother

A 22-year-old man on Reddit is refusing to split his inheritance with his half-brother.

"My grandmother passed away two months ago. In her will, she left the majority of her estate to me and the remainder to my aunt. I have a half brother, but we only share (shared?) a father, who passed away when I was 8 and my brother was 9. His mom was already married to her current husband at the time our dad passed. She wanted her husband to adopt my brother, and my grandparents were against this. To cut this short, it caused a big argument between his mom and my grandparents," he began.

"I just know that they did proceed with the adoption, and things were said on both sides, so my grandparents didn't really have any communication with my brother or his mom after that and I didn’t either, as he and his family moved to a different state. Our parents tried to get us to keep in contact, but as we grew up, we just grew apart. I really only talk to him a couple of times a year, mainly during holidays and birthdays," the man continued.

The brothers recently found out via Facebook that their grandmother passed away, and the man ended up being the primary beneficiary of his grandmother's will.

"My brother saw it and reached out to me, offering his condolences. A few weeks later, I learned from my brother that our aunt told him I was named the primary beneficiary. He first asked me why I didn't tell him anything and then he sounded a little frustrated. He wanted to know what was going to happen with the house and the estate," he shared.

His brother pressured him to split the inheritance, but he refused.

"I told him that I didn't want to split anything with him and she left a will for a reason. I told him that I would be okay with helping him if he needs assistance but I don't have any intentions on actually splitting anything with him. Needless to say he was upset and called me selfish and self-centered. This upset me and I told him if that's how he felt he can leave me alone. This pissed him off too," the man concluded.

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Users in the comments section sounded off, with many agreeing with the Reddit poster.

"You don't owe him anything. They stopped being his grandparents when another man adopted him and erased both your father and your grandparents from his life. He's just hoping to get something for nothing," one person wrote.

"His adoption severed the legal relationship between him and his biological father’s family, including your paternal grandmother. He should look to his adoptive father’s family for any paternal inheritance," someone else chimed in.

"If she wanted him to have something, she would have left him something. I have a feeling your grandmother thought something along the lines of, 'Well, he is another man's son now,' and that is why he was not in the will. Also not having contact with him. You shouldn't feel bad for keeping what was given to you," another commented.