disinherit
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“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
Attorneys for two of Franklin's sons had asserted their half-brother Ted White "wants to disinherit" them.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2023
According to an account recorded by a friend of Stanton’s, her father told her, “Your first lecture will be a very expensive one,” threatening to disinherit her if she went through with it.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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