#YOU can absolutely disinherit your father if you choose to

[glitter-stained]

Saw someone say the red bat on Jason's chest looked like a brand and I can't stop thinking about that, I think it should actually be. That thing's got metal, right? Heat it or burn it or something and make it a bat-shaped brand into his chest. I think it would be fun. It's the unfairness of it all. Your father can disown you but you cannot disown him. You put the branding iron on yourself. There's no escaping being your father's son.

[horizon-verizon]

Alicent provided House Targaryen with four healthy dragonriding Targaryens when the Targaryen bloodline was most vulnerable. In return, the least the Targaryens could do is allow her son to ascend the throne to allow House Hightower to have more power in exchange for them helping to create four healthy Targaryens. It’s really weird how Viserys referred to Aegon as Otto’s blood and Rhaenyra as his own blood when Aegon is also his child and therefore his blood.

The Hightowers behaved like any other family married into the royal family would, so I don’t get why they’re so hated. If Viserys didn’t want the Hightowers gaining more influence then he shouldn’t have married Alicent in the first place. It was stupid of him to expect one of the most powerful noble houses in Westeros to accept Targaryens of their blood just being spares instead of kings.

Disclaimer:

The parts about explaining feudalism is supposed to recontextualize how the hierarchy is not itself based on a good ethics system or fair/good morals, not to justify said hierarchy.

The system (unjustly) does not enforces nor expects the King to be equally sociopolitically or emotionally accountable to his Queen Consort.

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A)

You make the mistake of thinking that in a feudal society/Westerosi/Andal culture, the King and his house are obligated to do anything for the Queen Consort except to:

not publicly humiliate her (and "humiliate" can look different according to the thing done) -- with Aegon IV, it was an exceptional situation since he targeted Naerys and Aemon simultaneously out of jealousy. As long as the King doesn't disinherit her children (if they are OLDER than his mistress' kids AND those mistress' kids ARE NOT legitimized) he is, by custom, not seen to be doing anything wrong

not deny her access to the appropriate clothing, shelter befitting her station, and food

take care of any child she brings forth

In feudal societies, the Queen Consort’s “job” is to provide heirs and like everyone else in the kingdom, she has to obey her husband’s orders. She is subject to him, she has no privileges or rights over him. 

The King/Monarch is always the legal/official/customary authority over literally everyone else. This is not a democracy nor an oligarchy. 

Therefore, it is actually Alicent who customarily should obey Viserys’ commands and declarations. That is her place in this hierarchy. *EDIT 12/16/24* The "law of the land" is not as solid over a monarch's head/word of law, and she knows that or no one would be pursuing kingship! *END OF EDIT*

You may think this is unfair (it obviously is), but:

Alicent was definitely a victim of her father & Viserys, but she blames the wrong person for it (Rhaenyra) bc the answer is to totally buy into the sexist and authoritarian ideals against female sexual and other sorts of autonomy--as Alicent fails into & chooses to perpetuate.

That is feudalism (the economic-socio-political system) AND absolute monarchy (the form of government). Again, she's fallen, then chooses, to sincerely buy into this system partially bc she has no choice but she also is much too inflexible to reflect on how she's essentially hurting herself and those around her or performing a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. That was the entire point! Alicen tis not unique, too, in how the patriarchal feudal system uses her up! Rhaenyra, Rhaenys, etc, too!

@rhaenyragendereuphoria states it quite simply HERE:

Feudalism is a system of servitude based on giving up your freedom in exchange of protection by a higher lord. It binds serfs to their lords, and lords to other lords all the way to the king. Yes, the whole “Protector of the Realm” is propaganda, but it’s what they believe the job of the king to be. They will give it to the strongest who can protect them from foreign invasions: and it’s hard to think of stronger than “family that literally owns dragons”. This fandom has feudal mentality completely upside down, thinking they loathe their subjugation because subjugation is an affront to freedom. Feudalism IS subjugation. What they loathe is to submit to a weakling. They despise (and hunt, and murder) the Free Folk, calling them “wildlings”, because they’d rather be free than be bound by feudal oaths of subjugation. Feudalism is the rule of “might makes right”. At its roots, it’s a military hierarchy of warlords who bind each others with feeble and fickle treaties until one of them decides to break them and attempt to conquer the others, and either wins or fails.

And in this POST:

However, no one is given rights in these societies, not even men - not the way we would define rights. Their idea of “right” is just as arbitrary as their idea of “freedom”. They are societies based on privileges, and privileges are always revocable, unlike rights.

Alicent has no independent “rights” apart from what I already listed above. At all. Especially since she isn't blood-related to Viserys. Rhaenyra has a birthright, but only once Viserys bestows it upon her. 

Alysanne was a Queen Consort, not a Queen Regnant. Visenya & Rhaenys had more law-changing power than Alysanne did while being Consorts and not Regnant Queens, but Aegon’s word was final and he was the Monarch.

And all these women were the sisters of the then-Kings as well as their wives. You’d think that they would have more say, but no. They were (publicly) defer to their husband-kings' final words by Andal/feudal/monarchial custom and law.

There is no contract where it says that Viserys owes Alicent or the Hightowers -- all of them his subjects -- anything except military protection. This is feudalist absolute monarchy as GRRM sets it up and models after the common set up of real life feudal monarchies.

B)

You:

Alicent provided House Targaryen with four healthy dragonriding Targaryens when the Targaryen bloodline was most vulnerable.

Already addressed what a Consort’s repeated purpose is. 

a.

And when was this dynasty “most vulnerable”? By all accounts, Viserys’ court and reign was prosperous and peaceful (expect with the Stepstones and towards the end of his reign with Rhaenyra, Alicent, and their kids of course -- but the Stepstones war didn’t affect the actual subjects [peasant or nobles] of Westeros too much to make huge differences in and the stuff with his personal family happened insularly):

Many consider the reign of King Viserys I to represent the apex of Targaryen power in Westeros. Beyond a doubt, there were more lords and princes claiming the blood of the dragon than at any period before or since. Though the Targaryens had continued their traditional practice of marrying brother to sister, uncle to niece, and cousin to cousin wherever possible, there had also been important matches outside the royal family, the fruit of which would play important roles in the war to come. There were more dragons than ever before as well, and several of the she-dragons were regularly producing clutches of eggs.

[...]

The reign of the Young King, as the commons called him upon his ascent, was peaceful and prosperous. His Grace’s open-handedness was legendary, and the Red Keep became a place of song and splendor. King Viserys and Queen Aemma hosted many a feast and tourney, and lavished gold, offices, and honors on their favorites.

(“A Question of Succession”)

b.

If you mean Viserys having a girl as his only scion, I must remind you that:

the Targs had dragons (more dragons than ever and Aegon I/Visenya/Rhaenys, conquered Westeros with only 3)

there were no mentioned, burgeoning signs of rebellion against Rhaenyra until Alicent and Otto started to make waves (post by @theblackqveen)

While this is in the text:

Though Princess Rhaenyra had been proclaimed her father’s successor, there were many in the realm, at court and beyond it, who still hoped that Viserys might father a male heir, for the Young King was not yet thirty.

After Viserys makes it clear that he won’t change his mind, it gets more settled, and again, we hear absolutely no mention of any real attempt to prepare against Rhaenyra except from the greens, or Rhaenyra's brothers, Alicent, and Otto and whatever nameless lackeys at court they used.

I wrote a 2 posts on HotD Alicent and Book!Alicent’s foolishness and narcissism.

c.

THIS is what GRRM says about laws of succession:

There are no clear cut answers, either in Westeros or in real medieval history. Things were often decided on a case by case basis. A case might set a precedent for later cases… but as often as not, the precedents conflicted as much as the claims.

In fact, if you look at medieval history, conflicting claims were the cause of three quarters of the wars.

[...]

The medieval world was governed by men, not by laws. You could even make a case that the lords preferred the laws to be vague and contradictory, since that gave them more power. In a tangle like the Hornwood case, ultimately the lord would decide... and if some of the more powerful claimants did not like the decision, it might come down to force of arms. The bottom line, I suppose, is that inheritance was decided as much by politics as by laws. In Westeros and in medieval Europe both.

Still, if Alicent really is all about just following the rules and being “good” and sticks to her conservative background, then she would follow her husband’s order and not antagonize or contradict Rhaenyra. Because part of her Westerosi/Andal customs is that the King/Monarch is paramount and their word is law. *EDIT 12/16/24* But this is a critique of the argument of how Alicent tries to justify herself against Rhaenyra, and I do recognize her position as a woman who lived her entire life thinking that the woman who births boys "wins", that she'd feel affronted at being blocked from getting the one win women don't really get or one of the few granted to them....that's no excuse for child mutilation, "beefing" with another child, covering for rapist-sons, covering for kin-slaying sons, sending her disabled 8-19 yr old granddaughter out to kill another child, etc. Like, Rhaenyra is not an angel and she also def leverages her power as a queen against a child; while her losing several children is not an excuse for that plus she herself has never been as smallfolk-forward or politically radical, we do know that if she had ruled, there would not have been a war like the one we got nor any war most likely AND there would have been some good in her setting a political precedent for female rulers exisitng as worthier rulers. What happens w/Alicent bein Queen Consort and er son bein Kin? More of the exact same phenonmenon. So it's difficult to feel much sympathy on my end, esp when she didn't and wouldn't have lost much if Rhaenyra ruled but Rhaenyra more liekly would have had to fear moves from the greens bc the greens would be creating the enemies they'd have to kill off later as they were and always had been the usurping entities.*END OF EDIT*

She hypocritically doesn’t follow the law to such a particular "degree" or whatever that she ends up going against the authoritarian regime's ideals of King's rule and all that for her own stake...mostly unconciously.

So really, she’s really about power and misogyny at a unique level since she chooses to still make her rapist son King and reap the rewards from his ascendance (who’d follow along for her and her house’s interests more than Rhaenyra would). In the show, she goes after Rhaenyra for presumably sleeping with a man not her husband....while she gives up her feet to fulfill Larys' sexual titillation in exchange for information. So Rhaenyra's sleeping with another man in a consensual setting is wrong, but somehow Alicent allowing herself to be used (she is Queen Consort, she can definitely order Larys around) and silencing one of her son's victims is okay? Both of these things that support sexual abuse?

In the book, she turns against Rhaenyra when Rhaenyra is 10, and we can see the implication that they began to actually fight ever since then, so Alicent antagonizes a 10 year old. At the tourney where Daemon comes back in the book, there were Essosi people who witnessed the tension between the two.

And why does she do all that? Because she wants to empower herself, her son, and disempower Rhaenyra. At the same time, Alicent fosters an environment where this is justified.

This is why she is hated. Book!her tries to use Rhaenyra having extramarital sex as pretext for deposing her, yet she is the one going against the King’s word when it is obvious he doesn’t give three shits.

@theroguewyrm answers this ASK where the asker breaks down more of Alicent’s hypocrisy:

[...] Alicent as she has constantly held Rhaenyra accountable for having illegitimate relations with men but when it comes to her she can do it as she cloaks it under the hood of duty. The hypocrisy was also shown when Alicent tolerates every single sexual crime committed by her son in the premises of the Red Keep and outside. If it is benefitting her then she��ll permit them, she’ll stay quiet, but will simultaneously use Rhaenyra’s affair with Harwin to vilify her.

C)

You: 

It’s really weird how Viserys referred to Aegon as Otto’s blood and Rhaenyra as his own blood when Aegon is also his child and therefore his blood.

That’s because he distrusts Otto and knows Otto wants his grandkids/these green boys to inherit the throne. Otto went so far as to continue to demand/suggest Viserys change the order of succession several times until Viserys dismissed him:

The amity between Her Grace and her stepdaughter had proved short- lived, for both Rhaenyra and Alicent aspired to be the first lady of the realm...and though the queen had given the king not one but two male heirs, Viserys had done nothing to change the order of succession. The Princess of Dragonstone remained his acknowledged heir, with half the lords of Westeros sworn to defend her rights.

[...]

The matter had been decided, so far as King Viserys was concerned; it was not an issue His Grace cared to revisit. Still, questions persisted, not the least from Queen Alicent herself. Loudest amongst her supporters was her father, Ser Otto Hightower, Hand of the King. Pushed too far on the matter, in 109 AC Viserys stripped Ser Otto of his chain of office and named in his place the taciturn Lord of Harrenhal, Lyonel Strong. “This Hand will not hector me,” His Grace proclaimed.

(“A Question of Succession”)

Viserys was being a bad dad here, I agre (unless this is about Aegon deserving to be named King, in which case, no, this is exactly how Viserys should act). Otto was also stupid as fuck for this. Both him and Alicent. And when it comes to feudalism --and most political systems tbh--the personal and the political are one and the same often. Viserys never learned, I think, to separate himself from kingship because the position and society doesn’t allow for this metaphysical existence, or for it to be practiced seriously and without consequences.

And these are the details of Rhaenyra’s naming-as-heir:

Disregarding the precedents set by King Jaehaerys in 92 and the Great Council in 101, Viserys declared his daughter, Rhaenyra, to be his rightful heir, and named her Princess of Dragonstone. In a lavish ceremony at King’s Landing, hundreds of lords did obeisance to the Realm’s Delight as she sat at her father’s feet at the base of the Iron Throne, swearing to honor and defend her right of succession.

(“A Question of Succession”)

Now from a more "pragmatic" standpoint, these lords already gave their oaths to Rhaenyra. To go back on it, while maybe welcome to some lords and others have canonically doen so in canon, would also diminish Viserys’ monarchial word’s value because of how huge the chnages are, and how he seems (publicly) to value oaths in general. 

While Tyland Lannister says that he never took oaths, oaths are still very seriously taken and regarded generally in this society (or like to think of themselves as doing so).

Viserys was not the best dad all the time to all his kids. Doesn't make what Alicent did excusable.

D)

a.

You:

The Hightowers behaved like any other family married into the royal family would, so I don’t get why they’re so hated.

We’re talking about the greens, here, not the Hightowers. Two, though related, separate entities for now.

The greens (Alicent, Otto, Aegon, Aemond, Daeron [Helaena is not a real active player], and any court people who sided with Alicent even if they didn't participate or couldn't during the war) are hated because they are misogynists turned up 11, with an over-inflated sense of their own male privilege. It causes them to maim, rape, cause genocide, attempt assassination against Rhaenyra, even disregard and turn against each other. And at last, make a 10 year old watch as his mother is eaten alive by a dragon. 

*EDIT 12/16/24* Incorrect Statement *END OF EDIT*

BTW, you slipped. Aegon, Aemond, Helaena, and Daeron and the kids from Aegon/Helaena are all Targs. Not Hightowers.

b.

You:

If Viserys didn’t want the Hightowers gaining more influence then he shouldn’t have married Alicent in the first place. It was stupid of him to expect one of the most powerful noble houses in Westeros to accept Targaryens of their blood just being spares instead of kings.  

Here’s the text:

Though Princess Rhaenyra had been proclaimed her father’s successor, there were many in the realm, at court and beyond it, who still hoped that Viserys might father a male heir, for the Young King was not yet thirty. Grand Maester Runciter was the first to urge His Grace to remarry, even suggesting a suitable choice: the Lady Laena Velaryon, who had just turned twelve.

(“A Question of Succession”)

We understand through this and through real life feudal politics that a king/Monarch was expected to have as many kids as possible so that in the event one or some die, the others could take their place.

The moment that Otto allowed Alicent to marry Viserys after Rhaenyra had been heir for 2 years, all of Alicent’s kids would have been “spares”. This would be true if Rhaenyra was male. 

Alicent and Otto both signed up for this, or really they pretended bc they depended on misogyny (them, tradition) toeventually send them to the top. So, I, in better conscience, can never stan if they depend on misogyny to send them forward, similar to when Rhaenyra uses classim and misogynoir against Nettles way later.

However, Rhaenyra is female, so Otto got greedy. It is only the thought that Viserys would automatically change heirs that Otto even contemplated it would be an easy thing to have Alicent’s kids as Viserys’ heirs because he thought Viserys would pass her over.

Take a look at the sociopolitical patterns. This is always the deal/sociopolitical expectation for second wives/Queen Consorts. If the monarch had kids from a first marriage , those kids are always before the ones in the second because they came first/are older.

Viserys makes Rhaenyra continue to be his heir and kinda treats her like he would his male heir in that her siblings remain the “spares” they would be if she were male. Thereby putting into practice equal primogentiure.

Otto has been with Viserys as his hand for years.....why did he not anticipate something like this?

[pastlivesandsecretdreams]

demoness

chapter two - the a closer look 

ambrose spellman x oc (princess magdalena “maggie” morningstar)

warnings :: angst. that's like it. maggie and ambrose barely meet 

song of the chapter : hurts like hell by fleurie 

sabrina walked into the spellman family house. “how did i not know i had a older sister…?” her aunts and cousin all sat down in shock. “everyone thought her dead…” zelda explained. “when the dark lord couldn’t fin her...anywhere… she was disinherited her. and then you were born...ten months later.” ten months? sabrina thought to herself. he only waited a month to move on. “she can have the throne… i only took it to get nick back.” zelda held up a finger to her niece. “no...you will not just easily hand over your throne!” sabrina looked confused at this. “auntie ze- it’s her’s rightfully!” zelda moved to hold out her hand. “the same thing happened to mary tudor! the true heir was disinherited, only to gain the throne in the end!” zelda had to admit, her niece had a point, up until- “and who was the better ruler?! the daughter of the great witch, anne boleyn!” sabrina groaned and ran up the stairs to her bedroom. it seemed she was more like her older sister than she thought. 

magdalena sat in her chambers, absolutely heartbroken. her beloved father had disinherited her. sure, parents and their children fight, but she would always come home. and maggie had intended on returning, ironically a week before she heard. she picked up a painting and threw it onto the floor. she picked up anything that she knew would break, excluding anne boleyn’s skull, which she had kept on a pedestal in her chambers. she let out a heartbreaking scream as she finally let herself cry. a knock came from the door and her friend, who she had missed, walked into the room. maggie ran into his arms and let out a heartbreaking sob. “just let it all out…” and she happily did. “he...he told me...he loved me...and yet he so quickly turned his eyes to another…” she managed to say between her sobs. “is it possible that you’re not upset that he gave your thrown away…?” the princess sniffled and wiped her nose on her sleeve. “what else would it be…?” caliban sighed softly and wiped her tears away. “is it possible that this is just about your parents choosing sabrina over you…?” the heiress looked down at her hands, saying nothing and not making eye contact with her friend. “possibly… i always knew my father had a temper...and my mother would do anything for me...but to say i am but a bastard? to disinherit me? even if they thought me dead...it’s too cruel for their only child…” caliban kissed her forehead softly. he too had missed his dear friend. they had known each other for millennia. “maybe go see your sister…? and talk this out? you’ve always wanted a sibling...this is your chance.” the princess nodded and stood up. she opened her chamber doors and called for her demon ladies-in-waiting: a pair of succubus twins she had known since her birth, called aryana and tatyana. they had been apart for sixteen years, so the reunion was magical. “ladies...i’m going to the mortal world...it’s time i talked one-on-one with my sister...i must get ready.”

magdalena looked up at the spellman home, silently longing for a family that wasn’t filled with treachery. her long, red dress, which flowed behind her as she walked up the steps. a loud knock on the door echoed throughout the family home. a tall and beautiful man, one that would give her angel cousins a run for their money, opened the door. “hello...can i help you…? his english accent made maggie smile. “i’m here to see sabrina.” this caused him to open the door more and invite her in. “how do you know sabrina?” he asked walking her to the family room where his aunts were sitting. “she is my half sister-” zelda gasped and bowed to the girl. after all, she was a princess. “you need not bow- as it seems i’ve been disinherited.” she didn’t mean to come off as rude, but she had so many emotions in that moment she didn’t know what else to do. “magdalena…?” sabrina asked walking down the stairs. she was confused as to why her half-sister was there. “i was hoping we could talk…” the demoness said softly. in that moment, she wasn’t a rival to the throne, she wasn’t a demon, she wasn’t the daughter of the devil. she was a sad little girl who needed some form of family. she needed sabrina. and sabrina needed her.

[janiedean]

I never understood in the books why Jaime took so long to go visit Tyrion. He literally didn't go until the last possible minute when he was helping Tyrion escape. It's not even that he thought Tyrion had killed Joffrey. Please help me understand

you mean in asos right? well, in order:

it’s relatively long if you think about it, in the sense that if you check the most accurate asoiaf timeline around we know that jaime got to KL after joffrey’s murder on day 8 of month 1 of the year and three days before tyrion’s trial starts. now, according to that timeline, the trial goes from day 11 of the first month of the year to day 15, which means it’s five days total including oberyn vs gregor, plus he sends brienne off with the sword on day 20, and tyrion gets freed around day 7 of month two though possibly even later, but let’s say that all in all since jaime got to KL until he frees tyrion roughly a month has passed which seems a lot, but you have to take into account what happened meanwhile;

as in: he comes back, brienne gets arrested, he has to take back his duties, he has the conversation with his father where he gets officially disinherited and refuses to give up the kingsguard, has to put the kg back together or tries to, has to face that his rship with cersei is going to shit, talks to loras, frees brienne, he also knew that jeyne p. wasn’t arya so he was present for her send-off too, refuses cersei in the tower when she asks him to kill tyrion, planned with varys to save his hide and so on, and most likely post-trial anyone would have stood outside the door and heard what they said regardless of how high the lord commander is in the king’s landing food chain;

like, I don’t think he didn’t want to, but with that situation it was extremely complicated to even talk to him without anyone being present, and that’s why he had to scheme with varys to free him and he most likely had to *plan* it and he couldn’t exactly go up to him and hint that he was about to do it.

also, that’s not specified in the text overtly so that’s my two cents, but I also think that the fact that he spilled the tea about tysha when he let tyrion go says a lot, in the sense that....

rewind: as established previously (sorry with the way I have the blog rn I can’t link you but if you try looking for janie writes meta under the tag something should come up still), jaime’s preferred to-go coping method to deal with his shit is not thinking about it, and guess what tysha comes up in his POVs twice exactly or not much more than that....... except that what is that he does when he thinks he might not see tyrion in his life ever again?

he spills the tea about that and my money is that until he lost the hand and so on he just didn’t think about it period because he hated that he did it (and ofc he has no way to process that it was abuse on tywin’s part concerning him too because again, while tyrion is 100% aware that both tywin and cersei are abusing the shit out of him jaime has no idea whatsoever and most likely would refuse to consider it if someone told him straight before he did the work himself) and he hated that it ruined tyrion’s life and he hated that he was part of it. but he doesn’t let himself consider it or think about it until he loses the hand and not even that much later, but what is the last thing he thinks in his last chapter before he shows up to free tyrion later?

that he can be whatever he chooses. and guess what, we have another two weeks we don’t know much of what happens in because we have no pov from either of them and what does he do the moment he frees him? ah, he tells him the truth. so my money is also that he knew that if he visited he’d end up spilling about tysha but he also didn’t want to face the consequences/wanted to postpone it until the last moment because he knew it would hurt their relationship badly and he didn’t want that to happen and he also most likely was working through it as much as he could. now, the conclusion is that being that he can be whatever he chooses, he chooses to be honest and own up to his mistakes and save tyrion’s life because he *knows* he didn’t kill joffrey and he loves him for better or worse and he doesn’t want the two of them to part with that lie in between them (because he hates himself for having partaken in it) and he doesn’t want tyrion to keep on thinking that tysha never loved him for who he was because I think he knows that it hurt tyrion so much he thinks no one could love him for who he is anymore. but like... I can see that if you add *that* to all of the above matters and if we take for granted (which i think we can) that jaime wouldn’t reach that conclusion in two hours but would need the full two-three weeks to work himself up to face that conversation, then he wouldn’t go see tyrion first regardless of how much he’d have wanted to.

that’s my two cents anyway but even if it wasn’t for the tysha matter... the practical problems posed by visiting your brother in the cells when he’s been condemned to death and your sister wanted you to kill him and you absolutely would never want to and you know he’s innocent *while* you’re realizing that your sister was an abusive asshole who treated *you* like shit as well for all of your life are enough that I think it explains it.

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Your partner has no status under regulation-- if you die they may not obtain the house and even the kids-- also if you've been with each other 37 years and have 6 kids. Equally if you are married however have kids from a previous marriage-- they may obtain much less than you anticipate. The donation requested-- is ₤ 95 (₤ 150 for pairs) which you can make online prior to your appointment, however do print out the receipt and also take with you to the solicitors to show you have actually made it.

To Identify Who Will Look After Your Minor Kid

Secret Papers To Have Together With Your Last Will As Well As Testimony.

The theme you make use of must give you instructions on exactly how to do this properly. Thoroughly examine your spelling-- be added careful with the spelling of individuals's names. If you make any type of mistakes which create troubles when your will reads, there will not be any legal return in any way. You can get a will theme or will pack from stationery shops as well as online solutions-- they generally set you back ₤ 10 to ₤ 30.

Dan got the various other 50%, which wasn't sufficient for Dan to ensure the continued survival of the business. After the death of Dan's father, the ownership of business passed on to his mommy Rub. Then, Pat found companionship with Frank, an old family members buddy. Also if you disinherit prompt relative or dependants, they may still be able to dispute your will.

When Should You Obtain Lawful Advice To Prepare Your Will?

Can executor cheat beneficiaries?

But an executor's authority isn't endless. If you've been named an executor, a couple basic rules of thumb are that you can't do anything that disregards the provisions in the will, and you can't act against the interests of any of the beneficiaries.

We'll damage them down so you can make a notified choice and produce one that's right for you. And it doesn't have to be an excruciating experience-- or a costly one, either. Ruin any type of old wills-- if you already have a will, make certain you ruin the old one and also see to it the brand-new one plainly states that it revokes the old one.

If you can't afford it, you can offer much less, do not video game it though as it is a fundraiser. Following month, November, is Will Aid, which is bigger, open to any ages, as well as is throughout the UK, including Scotland. The site lets you chose a lawyer to call and book a visit with, though do tell it you're calling as component of the Will Aid plan. Right here solicitors provide their time in the hope you'll make a contribution there and then to one of 9 charities they sustain consisting of Activity Help, NSPCC and the British Red Cross. It's hoped you will in return for using the plan, however you're under no responsibility.

Always ensure that your will can be accessed without probate. If anything takes place to your will, or if your administrator does not understand where to discover it, you could as well not have actually composed one. You require to make a decision exactly how to care for your will, then allow your executor know where it is.

So it's a great idea to use a template that has the basic sections and legal terms currently included. As long as it was appropriately signed and observed by two adult independent witnesses who exist at the time you sign your will, it ought to be legally binding. Themes for Do It Yourself wills are affordable and very easy to find-- you can get them on the internet or from stationery shops. You can keep your will with your other papers, in a secure, or anywhere else you like-- just ensure your executor knows where it is.

What does a simple will cost?

The average cost of a simple will is about $300 to $1,000 in the US for 2020 according to multiple trusted sources. According to Nolo, “It's very common for a lawyer to charge a flat fee to write a will and other basic estate planning documents. The low end for a simple lawyer-drafted will is around $300.

When a person dies without leaving a valid will, their home must be shared out according to specific guidelines. A person who dies without leaving a will is called an intestate individual. If you're still puzzled about what to place in your will, speak to a well-informed estate planning lawyer in your location. You might be literally passing away to unload a cache of illicit medicines or to have your family members refute a structure in honor of your fatality, yet the regulation frowns upon wills containing those type of illegal demands. Life insurance as well as retirement require you to mark a recipient of the plan upon your fatality.

Pairs may likewise have joint bank or building culture accounts. If one dies, the other partner will automatically acquire the entire of the cash. If the companions were helpful joint lessees at the time of the fatality, when the very first partner dies, the enduring partner will immediately acquire the other companion's share of the building. Nevertheless, if the partners are occupants in common, the surviving partner does not immediately acquire the various other individual's share. the entire of the estate with passion from the day of fatality.

Many charities count on gifts in Wills to continue their job-- from discovering treatments for cancer cells as well as illness, to looking after animals and at risk people. If there's a cause you appreciate then it's a good chance to consider leaving a gift in your Will. Thus, supplying free Wills for 2 months of the year is a terrific way to get more people aboard with the idea of requiring Wills, and in the lasting, it's hoped that these individuals will share this info with others. nd an overall of 5.4 million individuals have no concept just how to even go about getting one. With this in mind, a lot needs to be done to raise recognition concerning Will writing to avoid the type of concerns that can develop when somebody does not have a Will in place.

We wish to assist even more individuals create their Will online so we have actually partnered with Bestowed to offer you complimentary online Will writing. Free Wills Month is funded by charities that take part in the scheme. Throughout March and October yearly, if you're aged 55 or over you can get in touch with the lawyers participating as well as request an appointment.

Obtaining a Lasting Power of Lawyer currently while you have the mental capacity, where you choose a relied on buddy or about care for your events, will prevent disorderly scenarios later on down the line. You can select for it only to find right into impact when you're no more qualified. If you're not prepared, as well as your family have to organize your affairs, they will need to put on take control of via the Court of Defense. Besides if you die after that you're gone, yet if you shed your professors with claim a stroke or dementia, do not presume family members can stroll into the bank and also accessibility your money-- not even if it's simply to spend for your treatment. This is a lot more important if you cope with your partner but aren't married or in a civil partnership.

When you die, the assets related to your life insurance policy or retirement fund will instantly move to the intended beneficiary, so they can not be distributed by your will. Pretty much the defining attribute of a joint occupancy is the right of survivorship, meaning that when you or the various other joint occupant dies, the survivor automatically has the building completely. So placing your passion in a joint occupancy in your will is useless, as when you die, that passion goes away. If you died today, you would likely leave a sizeable quantity of "home" in your digital estate. This consists of iTunes acquisitions, eBooks, and things in various other cloud-based online accounts.

By comparison, a trust fund can be used to start distributing residential property before fatality, at fatality, or after that.

As an example, a will allows you to call a guardian for youngsters and to specify funeral arrangements, while a count on does not.

A will is a file that directs that will receive your property at your death as well as it designates a lawful representative to perform your wishes.

A water resistant as well as fire resistant risk-free in your house is a great option.

Your lawyer can inform you exactly how ideal to make use of a will and a rely on your estate plan.

try here in between a will and a trust is that a will goes into impact only after you die, while a depend on takes effect as soon as you create it.

If you put the will in a bank secure down payment box that just you can enter into, your family might need to seek a court order to access.

On the other hand, a trust fund can be used to plan for impairment or to supply savings on tax obligations.

A court of probate generally needs your original will prior to it can refine your estate, so it is necessary to maintain the document secure yet easily accessible.

Youngsters of the intestate individual will inherit if there is no making it through married or civil partner. If there is an enduring companion, they will inherit just if the estate is worth more than a certain amount. If Tom had had the flat in his name alone, his estate would certainly have been worth ₤ 350,000. It would certainly be shared out according to the policies of intestacy, that is, Heather would certainly get the first ₤ 270,000. Heather would certainly get ₤ 40,000 and Selma would certainly obtain the continuing to be ₤ 40,000.

What Is Probate?

The Treasury Lawyer is then responsible for taking care of the estate. The Crown can make gives from the estate however does not need to accept them. Nonetheless, even if you can't acquire under the rules of intestacy, you may have the ability to apply to court for financial arrangement from the estate.

How long after death is a will read UK?

In general, it takes around 9-12 months for the deceased's affairs to be settled and the estate distributed to its beneficiaries in accordance with the Will. It is not the person with whom matters of the estate are discussed as these duties fall to the Executor of the Will.

Maybe Learn about wills Surrey is leaving enough that would cover the lawyers' charges usually-- typically ₤ 100 - ₤ 150 though of course extra is fine. There's a range of charities to choose from including British Heart Structure, British Legion, Mencap, Overview Dogs and also Diabetes UK. This is a charity-backed system as well as charities pay for the lawyers' time, so be prepared for your lawyer to ask you to consider making a legacy to a charity in your will. October is Free Wills month where if you're over 55 (or if you're a couple among you is) after that solicitors in over 40 places in England, Wales and also Northern Ireland will prepare a will for you free of charge. Enter your postcode on the Free Wills Month websiteand phone call to book a visit with among the lawyers that are taking part nearby.

Are online wills legal UK?

In order for a Will to be legally valid in England and Wales, you must sign your Will in the presence of two witnesses, and your witnesses must witness (sign) your Will in your presence; and this cannot be done online. You'll always need a physical document to be signed and witnessed.

Andrew Simpson, principal and head of Maurice Blackburn's National Wills and also Estate Method. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship as well as checked out Canada, the US and the UK to take a look at global methods to estate preparation and senior legislation. Ensuring your enjoyed ones are offered is much also important to delegate possibility, as well as the effects can be devastating if you obtain it wrong.

Having a will and other estate plans are essential to guaranteeing your properties pass on to their desired receivers when you pass on. We at CHOICE acknowledge the Gadigal people, the typical custodians of this arrive at which we function, as well as pay our respects to the Initial Nations people of this nation. SELECTION supports the Initial Nations individuals's Uluru Statement from the Heart. 3 years later on, when Pat died without a will, NSW intestacy regulations controlled that benefited from her estate. As Pat's de-facto, Frank acquired the very first $485,322 of the estate, all of Rub's individual effects and also 50% of the equilibrium of the estate.

Also if you do have a will, chances are it might not depend on date. If you've married or divorced, had a baby, or one of your beneficiaries has actually died, part or every one of your will may no more even stand.

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Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (Episode 8) - Satarupa Ne Solid Raita Phailaya Hai

Aug 15, 2017

We open on India’s 71st Independence Day with Anami, true to her words, beating up 2 of the 4 men surrounding her and the others running away because they know what’s good for them. Got to give it to the crew, they managed to make the very delicate-looking Mahima Makwana actually look like she’s beating up those grown-ass mushtande. 

She didn’t break a sweat. I s2g, Star, I’m keeping careful note of every badass thing Anami can do now and you can bet your life on me raging (on tumblr) if she miraculously “forgets” any of this later.

Udhar Lal Mahal mein Dadaji is having a face-off with Baldev about adopting Avdhoot. He’s playing all the emotional blackmail cards ki “don’t even be the one to light my funeral pyre if you must but give me this ONE thing, tumhare baap hone ke naate etc.” But Baldev, who exhibits a tongue in this episode, reminds him that he’s never treated him like a son so why should he expect this favour today? And Dadaji, who is no doubt Shivaay Singh Oberoi’s Dadaji in a parallel universe spouts a lot of nonsense about how he only intervened to save his khandaan’s naam, izzat, rutba etc. And how if he had not, “Narottam jaisa bachcha” would become heir. So pretty much conclusive on Narottam being Baldev’s illegitimate son, who also may be trans or genderfluid. What I don’t understand is why Baldev stuck around and married Satarupa (who was 17 at the time, incidentally) if Dadaji had already disinherited him. Like, he’s done his worst. Why not leave the family altogether?

Baldev then goes to unleash his newly found tongue on Satarupa whom he is bitterly resentful of, we now see. He gives the grieving woman hell for causing the accident by being ziddi and accuses her of not being a good bahu or mother and a good patni she never was anyway, and then proceeds to break all ties with her.

Noice. 

If you think I’m going to fucking sympathise with you, Baldev, you can fuck right off. Satarupa was the only thing that kept Vatsalya alive for 17 years with the way your evil family functions. And she brought up a sweet, respectful, dutiful kid. Because clear as hell, you had as much to do with his upbringing as your daddy has to do with democratic process in running the company. If you were actually a good father, you’d fucking stick up for Narottam whose illegitimacy is not his fault.

If you think Satarupa ruined whatever you’d planned for your life, why didn’t you leave to get what you wanted? You, North Indian, light-skinned, educated, well-connected savarna man, part of the country’s most privileged demographic? Don’t give me any of that majboori-shtick. I didn’t even make that allowance for Satarupa giving Anami away and I actually like Satarupa for the most part. Also, way to be a bitch to the boy’s mother days after he’s died. You’d have to be a deliberately malicious ass to choose this moment to make this accusation. Yeah, I don’t doubt for a second that Satarupa is almost as power-hungry as your own father but you’d have to willfully not see the fact that she was a good mother too. Ek toh, according to the family, the death is an accident so you have to be a real moron to think Satarupa could stop it or prevent it in any way. And even if you suspect foul play, if you want to blame anyone for his death, blame daddy dearest who decided to make him heir at 17. Yeah, you’re really upset. GUESS WHO ELSE IS?

Count me firmly in #TeamBaldevCanGoFuckHimself

Ugh this man really pisses me off. More than the outright evil.

Then, scene shifts to the surveillance van where Adhiraj smartly zeroes right in on the fact that one of the people in the Press crowd was not a journalist (he’s right, it had been the henchman Pujan had hired to kill Vatsalya in Benaras, who had come to talk to Pujan about the CBI handling the case). The ID he’s wearing has the name of a Benaras local paper and Adhiraj decides to track him there. He goes incognito to a bar where the guy’s getting drunk and threatens him at gunpoint to tell him who had given him the supaari but the guy dies after only managing to say one word: lal. The gunda’s drinking partner who had left the table moments earlier after being tipped off by someone that a cop was at the bar managed to poison this guy.

Side note: I went to survey the IF forum for this show and there seems to be a lot of complaining about this Adhiraj because he’s not a great actor. I feel obligated to mention that he’s not that much worse than the other young people in the show, with the exception of Mahima Makwana who has gotten much better since I last saw her, so I’m not sure what the deal is. He fits right into the usual mould that invites fangirls which is why I really do wonder what about him is annoying this many of them. (I mean, if Vivian DSena has fans....🙄) Some also mentioned that they don’t see Mahima with him because he looks too old for her. I’m conflicted on this. On the one hand, he is unquestionably anything between 8 to 10 years older and I’m certainly not a fan of this kind of age difference, especially when the heroine is still canonically 17, but this is really standard for desi TV. Heck, the last guy Mahima was paired with, when she was even younger, looked old enough to be her dad (and it was all kinds of gross). And they haven’t remotely hinted at that romance yet anyway, so like, calm down.

Anyhoo, I read somewhere that this fellow scored this role after about a 100 auditions so I’m rooting for you, Sid-Malhotra-lite! Don’t listen to IF’s mean girls and maybe work on your dialogue delivery a little. You can be a good cop!

Coming back to Lal Mahal, Guruji comes to stop Satarupa from leaving Lal Mahal which she is preparing to do after Baldev’s harsh words. He reminds her of her duty towards her daughter and then Satarupa really gives it to him. She basically says everything I said in my last post (LOL) about how ridiculous it is to go after Anami now, after all the injustice meted out to her by her own mother. Good on you, Sats, call a spade a spade. 

So now we find out that all this secrecy and shit was because Guruji had predicted that Lal Mahal would be indescribably dangerous for Satarupa’s eldest child and she sent Anami away to save her life. BUT it was actually Vatsalya who was the elder twin, whom Sats couldn’t give up “betey ke moh mein.” Toh she gave up Anami and JUST HOPED THE FATES WOULDN’T NOTICE A SWITCH HAD BEEN MADE?? I can’t. As Smart Bitch Sarah, would say, this is almost TSTL. You either believe in this shady Guruji’s predictions and follow his instructions, OR you don’t. What is this half-assed nonsense that achieved literally nothing?

Guruji is all “you done messed things up enough, child, with your unnecessary meddling in my instructions, so now go bring your daughter back and make her waaris to save the people of this ‘hood who will die if Avdhoot succeeds.”

Guruji just goes straight for the jugular. He actually says, “Avdhoot saakshat shanichar hai.” Wow. And adds a spoon of emotional blackmail by telling her that Anami is just like her aka “barse toh oas, bigde toh toofan.” I have to admit this show is doing wonders for my somewhat rusty Hindi.

Phir Satarupa gets all of Vatsalya’s pictures taken down and put away in his room and locks the door while making snide comments to Dadaji about how she won’t let anyone taint his memory in their haste to announce a new waaris. Ok, this is a level of petty that I can get behind. It achieves absolutely nothing and is an empty gesture calculated to annoy. And then in the precap, she goes to pay the Pathaks a long overdue visit.

Oh, I do hope she informed the family before leaving to bring Anami home. It would be just like her Extra self to want to make a dramatic entrance, long-lost daughter in tow.

Also, I have solved the mystery of Vikram. It is Satarupa’s middle name. That’s right. She’s Maharani (🙄) Satarupa Vikram Singh.

Oh, it also occurs to me that with Vatsalya’s room locked up with all his pictures, Anami won’t know of the brother she lost right away after returning to Lal Mahal. That...makes me rather sad. This show does treat its young people very badly.