A mother is torn between protecting her daughter’s trust fund, created after her husband’s death, and her husband’s request to split the fund between their daughter and his two children to pay for his daughter’s college, leading to a heated argument over fairness and equality.
A Tragic Accident
This 42-year-old mother lost her husband to an avoidable accident when their daughter was just 7, but she received a settlement that helped her create a trust fund for her daughter’s future. The fund included provisions for college, grad school, and whatever life might bring.
Trust Fund Start
Despite the tragic loss of her husband, this mother was able to provide for her daughter’s future through a trust fund that would enable her to have a head start in life, including college and grad school if she wanted, and some left over for whatever life might bring.
Split the Fund
Her daughter knows about this and has never taken it for granted, given where the money came from, but now, as both her daughter and stepdaughter are graduating, her new husband wants to split her daughter’s fund between all three kids to pay for his daughter’s college.
Dream School
Her daughter was admitted early decision to her dream school, and her father, an alumnus, has a sweatshirt that she kept to remind her of him, making her ecstatic about it, while her stepdaughter will be attending a wonderful school that is one of the top-ranked schools for her interests.
A Modest Debt
However, because her parents cannot afford to pay the tuition in its entirety, her stepdaughter will have to take some loans, graduating with about $40K in loans, which the mother thinks is still quite modest for the school she’s attending and her earning prospects post-graduation.
A Family Issue
The problem now arises with the money to pay for her stepdaughter’s school, as her husband wants to split her daughter’s fund between all three kids, leaving her daughter with little left over and definitely needing to borrow for grad school, which she has expressed interest in attending.
Unfair and Unjust
The mother thinks this is unfair to her daughter because her father had to die for this money, and this is like her inheritance from him, while her husband thinks that they are all siblings and she should be happy to share the money with them if it means giving her siblings a head start in life.
The Fiery Dispute
As the argument heats up, the mother does not want to put her daughter in the position of being guilted into saying yes if she doesn’t want to, expressing her concerns to her husband, who thinks that she’s being selfish, teaching her daughter to be selfish, and does not appreciate the situation.
Is She the Jerk?
The mother is worried she’s being the jerk in this situation and doesn’t want to upset her husband or step-kids, whilst also not allowing her daughter to lose her inheritance.
The Internet Responded
This commenter wrote, “That settlement was for your deceased husband’s children, not your future children, and certainly not someone else’s.”
More Internet Comments
Another person commented, “OP’s daughter is still without her dad and will be forever without her dad. There is not enough compensation in the world for that. Don’t diminish his importance by giving his legacy away. It’s hers and only hers…”
A Final Comment
This commenter posted, “Doesn’t matter if it is 40k or 400k, the step-siblings have no right to the daughter’s inheritance! The stepdad is way out of line and needs to keep his greedy paws off his stepdaughter’s money!”
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