My Dad (79) Has An Adopted Daughter From A Previous Marriage Who He Hasn’t Had Contact With Since She Was 3. She Is In Her 50s Now. He Has No Will And Says He Doesn’t Need One.
My 79 year old dad recently had a scare with a stroke and some other heart issues. He is now out of the hospital and going through rehab. He lives with my mom and we all have a good relationship. We also live in Texas. While he was at the hospital, I asked him about a will and he said that he didn’t have one and didn’t need one because my mom would get everything and if she was to go that I would get it. I am the only child because my brother passed away a few years ago leaving me as their only child.
My dad had a previous marriage before his marriage to my mom. He married a woman in Germany and adopted her child too. They went through a divorce not long after and he had to pay child support to her until she was 18. My parents struggled with money all of my life and I never knew why. He was in the military and had a decent job but life was always a struggle. He didn’t tell me about the child support or the previous marriage until I was about 20 when I found out on my own.
I’m 49 now and I’m pretty sure the daughter that he adopted is in her 50s by now. They have never really spoken and she has never been a part of our lives. He just looks back at that time of his life as a mistake.
I barely give this girl a thought until today when I thought about the will. Will this adopted daughter have any rights to his house, condo, cars, money etc if he was to pass without a will?
What should I tell him to do?
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