DYING WITHOUT A WILL: When RIP means “Return If Possible!”
When Mrs. Thompson lost her husband, it was as if her world had come to an end. When she met him 25 years ago, he had just left middle school. She had no formal education at all. Together, they worked hard and invested in his education. He acquired his PhD three years before he died. A hard working trader, Mrs. Thompson made a greater contribution to the assets they owned. However, her husband died without a will and her grief was compounded by her husband’s family’s greed. They insisted on an equal share of the deceased’s property. On the instruction of the family head, the funeral donation was divided into three equal parts – one for Mrs. Thompson and the children of the man, one for the parents of her late husband and the rest went to the other family members. The same proposition was made regarding her late husband’s property. This left Mrs. Thompson devastated because in their most difficult moment, no member of her husband’s family was even prepared to give them a loan. And t
