[glasgow guy]

currently going through a shambolic mess due to my mum dying last january and her not leaving a will, but she did leave a couple of policies worth £***** and nothing put in writing where they should have went to..so under the law they automatically get shared between myself and both sisters (her kids), the result of that is other family members totally disowning us and making sure we have been written out of a certain will which is their choice, things have been said to us all which have burnt more than a few bridges and it will be more their loss than ours.
the thing I have learned through this is to have a will in place (now sorted) and some people are only friendly when they think money is up for grabs.