The second show in the series introduced us to more couples torn over what to do with their estate once they move on.
The theme this week was to focus on favouritism and how that impacts on families after the Will is read and how it can cause real heartache.
The first family have five daughters, their parents, Robert and Brenda, could not agree on a will because Brenda wanted to leave more of their estate to the youngest and Robert disagreed and wanted it all to be split evenly.
The second family had to deal with an earlier unfair Will which benefited one son more than a daughter; Trevor getting 80 per cent, while his half-sister Pam was left with less than 20%.
He now has to decide how much he should leave to Pam's three children to redress the balance from his half of the estate once he pops his clogs.
Robert and Brenda with the help of Sir Gerry held a family meeting to discuss their concerns which highlighted the difference of opinion. The youngest daughter felt the meeting too emotional and briefly left in tears. The four elder sisters recognised they had received benefits the youngest daughter had yet to receive and they agreed she should benefit by receiving an payment of £35,000 before the estate was split evenly.
This left one final issue. Which daughter would receive their Father's Police Gallantry Medal and Robert finally made a difficult decision which actually met with his wive's approval.
In the second dispute Trevor found the family meeting very difficult and couldn't really discuss the matter though Sir Gerry wouldn't let it go and hustled for a view. This discussion must have suffered from a few long silences as it was edited to a short interchange amongst the family members.
Trevor seemed to have no time for his half sister and favoured only her eldest daughter who could trust with a proportion of his estate. He actually said he trusted his step children with all of his estate but following much discussion, and a little outrage, did he come to his senses.
The second family decided to place one half of the estate in trust for the niece and two step daughters, dependent on her died first, and leave the other half to their spouse. This allowed the surviving spouse to remain in the family home for as long as they wished.
There was a sad footnote as Brenda from the first family had died since filming but at least she died with a valid Will in place and happy that the issue of the estate was settled.
Next week's programme will focus on how tradition and religion can create unfair Wills.
Can't wait.
The theme this week was to focus on favouritism and how that impacts on families after the Will is read and how it can cause real heartache.
The first family have five daughters, their parents, Robert and Brenda, could not agree on a will because Brenda wanted to leave more of their estate to the youngest and Robert disagreed and wanted it all to be split evenly.
The second family had to deal with an earlier unfair Will which benefited one son more than a daughter; Trevor getting 80 per cent, while his half-sister Pam was left with less than 20%.
He now has to decide how much he should leave to Pam's three children to redress the balance from his half of the estate once he pops his clogs.
Robert and Brenda with the help of Sir Gerry held a family meeting to discuss their concerns which highlighted the difference of opinion. The youngest daughter felt the meeting too emotional and briefly left in tears. The four elder sisters recognised they had received benefits the youngest daughter had yet to receive and they agreed she should benefit by receiving an payment of £35,000 before the estate was split evenly.
This left one final issue. Which daughter would receive their Father's Police Gallantry Medal and Robert finally made a difficult decision which actually met with his wive's approval.
In the second dispute Trevor found the family meeting very difficult and couldn't really discuss the matter though Sir Gerry wouldn't let it go and hustled for a view. This discussion must have suffered from a few long silences as it was edited to a short interchange amongst the family members.
Trevor seemed to have no time for his half sister and favoured only her eldest daughter who could trust with a proportion of his estate. He actually said he trusted his step children with all of his estate but following much discussion, and a little outrage, did he come to his senses.
The second family decided to place one half of the estate in trust for the niece and two step daughters, dependent on her died first, and leave the other half to their spouse. This allowed the surviving spouse to remain in the family home for as long as they wished.
There was a sad footnote as Brenda from the first family had died since filming but at least she died with a valid Will in place and happy that the issue of the estate was settled.
Next week's programme will focus on how tradition and religion can create unfair Wills.
Can't wait.
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