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

“If you’re not in Gryffindor, we’ll disinherit you,” said Ron, “but no pressure.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

Whoever disinherits his son to make the Church his heir, let him find somebody willing to accept his gifts.

From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan

A bitter man, George Tennyson had been disinherited by his own father and forced into holy orders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

Howard Thurman said, “There is one overmastering problem that the socially and politically disinherited always face: under what terms is survival possible?”

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024

I’m also confused as to how your half siblings are connected to you being disinherited by your mom.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021

In the 1964 “long, hot summer” riots in major cities across the United States, the socially disinherited black ghetto youth were always at the forefront.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

“A lot of parents in new relationships end up, unbeknownst to them, disinheriting their children,” said Stacy Francis, a New York City-based certified financial planner.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

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

She would be disinheriting him, which she had no right to do.

From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick