disinherit

“A parent can disinherit a child, leaving them nothing,” according to Albertson & Davidson, a law firm with offices across southern California.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

Jose was planning to disinherit the brothers because he considered them failures, according to court filings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

Fleming severed his relationship with Monique after his mother threatened to disinherit him, an act that would reverberate across his lifetime in pangs of sadness and despair.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

He told the jury White “wants to disinherit his two brothers. Teddy wants it all.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Peace wanted to get a divorce and change his will to disinherit his wife.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

When Morosus’s nephew Henry shows up with his theater troupe, Morosus, appalled at Henry’s chosen career, disinherits him and insults his wife, Aminta.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2022

If she disinherits me, her only child, I can’t make it up to my half-siblings.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021

Sebald’s melancholy flâneur, then, already disinherits Baudelaire’s 19th-century optimism.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013

My dear Biddy: the Undershaft tradition disinherits him.

From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw

There are so many comments from parents who proudly proclaim they have disinherited their estranged child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“I believe there was a will that disinherited us somewhere,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

For Thurman, hatred is the real threat of occupation because it disguises itself as common sense and self-protection, then spreads through the disinherited as the cancer it becomes.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024

Years ago I asked to be disinherited but was explicitly denied.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2022

They had made millions and millions since Gram Hilda had disinherited them.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

But for Marcus to follow this precedent would mean disinheriting his child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

There are also legal means for disinheriting family members, and failing to include proper ‘no contest’ clauses can lead to expensive litigation, it adds.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

Another post suggested disinheriting children, and deploying "your thoughts about the estrangement in the will as a last word."

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024

If your spouse isn’t willing, you can talk to the attorney about your options, but understand that disinheriting them may not be possible.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021

The Archbishop was attainted for treason, although he had utterly refused to subscribe the King’s letters patent for the disinheriting of his sisters.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt