Is There Any Advice For This Fellow Redditor Regarding His Ex-wife's(who Abandoned Him & Their Children) "last Will & Testament".

[AZ] Is there any advice for this fellow redditor regarding his ex-wife's(who abandoned him & their children) "Last Will & Testament".

This is a question for a fellow redditor. Alot to read but guy could use help/advice.

So I came across this guy's post. It's locked now but I copy the text and I will paste it below so you can read it yourself if you're interested. The gist of it is is there is this guy who is married with two kids and his wife decided to leave him and their kids for someone else. She was the breadwinner so her leaving left him with no income. She gives no support financially for the children. She dies and in her "Last Will & Testament" she basically gives everything to the new husband and give each kid and the old husband $10 each. Which if you understand how Will's work giving them $10 each is so fucked up for a whole another reason besides you know leaving your children only $10. Is there anything this guy can do to get anything from her estate considering he is raising her two kids that she knowingly abandoned and never helped with financial support even though she has the means to. Ok here is his original post below.

"Wife died, and has left everything to her new husband. Kids and I get nothing.

Three years ago I caught my wife having an affair. She ended up leaving us mid-Covid to live with her new partner.

Our two kids (9 and 12) despise her for what she did and it led to a lot of animosity.

We jointly owned a house, with me being a stay-at-home parent, while she worked full time as a director of her own business.

I filed a Child Maintenance Claim, but I have never received a penny in 2 and a 1/2 years that it was open. She lived off her new husband's salary and let everything accrue in her Ltd. Company.

Prior to this, she had been earning £90k per year in profit - so there is roughly £250-£300k that she has stashed away in her company over the past 3 years.

She refused to make any payments towards the mortgage where we live. I had to start working part-time with my parents caring for the children in order to meet our minimum payment (as agreed with the bank.)

We are divorced - but there is NO financial order.

My ex-wife has now passed away from a stroke assoiciated with her severe sickle cell anemia.

I am facing three issues:

1.) Her life insurance policy has been amended. It was previously for several hundred thousand pounds. This was left to her new husband instead of me and her kids.

2.) Her will has been updated, leaving her company and all assets to him. Each of her children and me have been given a nominal sum of £10.

3.) She has explicitly left her half of our house to her new husband. The house which we are currently living in. My salary is around £16k. The outstanding mortgage on our house is £340k. Our equity is £150k. We are fixed for 4 more years at a low interest rate. I am managing to make minimum payments with thanks to my parents and part-time jobs.

Am I, or her children, entitled to any:

a.) of the life insurance?

b.) of the inheritance in her company? e.g. the assets she hid from child maintenance?

c.) of the other half of the house which we live in?

The new husband has already told us to make preparations for a swift sale of the property as he wants his ~£75k."

If you are a lawyer or someone with any knowledge on the law on this subject specifically have any advice that can help this guy please be there contact me and we'll have someone to him or you can message him yourself his username is

U/Murky_Safety3670 His original post was posted to r/LegalAdviceUK