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[eu.org](https://helpcentre.svmetasearch.eu.org/en/home)<br>Two nephews are secured a ₤ 400,000 will contest the fortune of a 'houseproud' widow, who disinherited one side of her household after they recommended she enter into a care home.<br>
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<br>Doreen Stock, 86, [died childless](https://fashionweekvenues.com) in 2021 and left her entire estate to her nephew, Simon Stock, and his other half Catherine, who lived only a few minutes from her south London home.<br>
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<br>But her Michigan-based great-nephew, 39-year-old Ben Chiswick, has now launched a quote to inherit the lot himself - regardless of not going to or perhaps talking with her over the phone because his relocate to the US eight years back.<br>
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<br>Propulsion engineer Mr Chiswick had been due to inherit her fortune under a previous will written nearly 40 years ago in 1986 when he was a baby, however was considerably disinherited by his great-aunt a year before her death.<br>
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<br>The row erupted after his parents suggested Ms Stock hang around in a care home while they took pleasure in a three-week holiday.<br>
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<br>Fighting to restore the previous will, Mr Chiswick declares Ms Stock, who he says was a 'component in his childhood,' was too stricken by dementia to properly comprehend what she was doing when she changed her testimony.<br>
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<br>However, Simon and his other half are combating the case, declaring Mr Chiswick - who has actually resided in the US given that 2017 - had no ['meaningful relationship'](https://www.rumahq.id) with Ms Stock beyond his early years while Mr Stock had actually been ['the closest](https://cyppro.com) thing to a son she had'.<br>
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<br>Sitting at Central London County Court, Judge Jane Evans-Gordon heard that 'independent' and periodically 'stubborn' Ms Stock had a deep psychological attachment to her home in Charminster Road, Mottingham, having shared it with her partner Samuel until his death in 2001.<br>
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<br>Ben Chiswick, 39, visualized right with father Brent, is challenging Doreen [Stock's](https://blue-shark.ae) will in the courts after she disinherited him a year before her death<br>
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<br>Doreen Stock, 86, died childless in 2021 and left her entire estate to her nephew, Simon Stock (pictured), and his wife Catherine<br>
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<br>Without any children of her own, Ms [Stock's](https://seedrealty.in) very first will, made in 1986, left her estate to Mr Chiswick, boy of her niece Patricia Chiswick and hubby Brent.<br>
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<br>The estate mainly consists of the Mottingham home, which is valued online at about ₤ 400,000.<br>
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<br>The court heard Ms Stock had had a good relationship with the Chiswicks, who assisted her with her shopping and visited her regularly.<br>
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<br>She even made a long [lasting power](https://glorycambodia.com) of attorney in their favour, however before she passed away withdrawed the file and changed her will, [leaving](https://muigaicommercial.com) everything to a nephew on her husband's side.<br>
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<br>Challenging the will, Mr Chiswick claims that his great-aunt's dementia in her final years means there is serious doubt whether she had the necessary capacity to make the modifications.<br>
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<br>And he said the reality there was no discussion with his side of the household about the new will recommended 'something not right' about her modification of mind.<br>
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<br> and I had a truly happy relationship and she understood that leaving her estate to me would make a huge distinction to my life,' he stated in his proof.<br>
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<br>For Simon and Catherine, barrister James McKean told the court that Ms Stock had actually likewise been close to Simon, who was 'the nearest thing to a kid she had,' contributing to his school charges as a child.<br>
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<br>And although she formerly had a close relationship with Mr Chiswick's moms and dads, that was destroyed when they recommended she go into a care home in 2019.<br>
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<br>Patricia had actually then scheduled a 'capability assessment' for her aunt, which the barrister stated resulted in Ms Stock fearing her self-reliance was being threatened and ultimately changing her will.<br>
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<br>The estate principally consists of the Mottingham home, which is valued online at about ₤ 400,000<br>
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<br>The court heard there had actually been 'structure bitterness' with the way her power of lawyer was being administered, which 'finally boiled over in the summer of 2019 when the Chiswicks made an ill-judged - though perhaps well-intentioned - recommendation to Doreen that she invest a period in property care.<br>
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<br>'Doreen was, by all accounts, jealously independent. It is little wonder that she found the proposal to be disconcerting and offending.<br>
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<br>'No doubt Doreen was worried about the prospect of going into a home, then was asked to undergo the capability evaluation, and put two and 2 together.'<br>
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<br>Within weeks of the evaluation, which led to a report stating she 'lacked capacity,' she had actually begun steps to revoke the power of attorney and make a brand-new will in Simon and Catherine's favour, he informed the judge.<br>
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<br>Quizzing Patricia Chiswick in the witness box, he added: 'Doreen loved her home and it had actually been her and Samuel's home before his death. There was a deep emotional connection to that residential or commercial property.<br>
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<br>'Saying to Doreen that she should leave that residential or commercial property and spend some time in a care home was offensive to her, wasn't it?<br>
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<br>'From Doreen's perspective, this need to have looked a real danger to her self-reliance.'<br>
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<br>But Patricia rejected distressing the pensioner, insisting that the plan was only ever for a time-out in a care home while she and her husband went on holiday.<br>
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<br>'It was just a tip since we do not normally disappear for three weeks at a time, and I believe she had actually been quite unwell and her health was deteriorating in basic,' she said.<br>
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<br>'I was concerned about leaving her and I believed it would be rather great if she could go [someplace](https://lefkada-hotels.gr) where she might be taken care of while we were away.<br>
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<br>'It was absolutely stressed out that it was for 3 weeks. There was no tip she was going to remain there indefinitely.'<br>
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<br>The Chiswicks did not go to Ms Stock once again in between the capability assessment in 2019 and her death in May 2021.<br>
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<br>For Patricia's son Mr Chiswick, who is the plaintiff in the case, lawyer Simon Lane stated that, at the time she made the brand-new will, she was 'vulnerable and was acting out of character.'<br>
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<br>The 2019 evaluation conducted after the recommendation of a care home relocation had led to a professional's finding that she 'did not have capacity,' he said.<br>
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<br>But Mr McKean said the evaluation wanted, with Ms Stock answering with 'irritable hostility' when she was quizzed about things that made no sense to her, such as a fire which never ever actually occurred.<br>
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<br>Other assessments around the exact same time had actually led to findings that she did have capability, although she was experiencing 'moderate' dementia,' he said.<br>
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<br>'Doreen might have had some memory problems, however [capacity](https://dev.worldluxuryhousesitting.com) and memory are various monsters,' he stated.<br>
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<br>'The court will have a hard time to find any proof of impaired cognition or [reasoning](https://woynirealtor.com). On the contrary, Doreen's behaviour, worths and thinking corresponded and possible at all times.'<br>
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<br>He said there was factor for her to decide to change her will, the last being made more than 30 years previously, and that already Mr Chiswick - living and dealing with the other side of the Atlantic - would have been 'far from her mind as a recipient.'<br>
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<br>He had actually not seen her again and even spoken on the phone after relocating to the US, while many of the evidence of their relationship originated from when he was a child.<br>
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<br>On the other hand, Mr Stock and his partner had had the ability to visit her routinely, living not far from her in Eltham, south London, he said.<br>
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<br>'The court can be shocked neither by the making of the contested will, nor by [Doreen's choice](https://kenyapropertyfinder.com) of beneficiaries,' he included.<br>
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<br>The judge is expected to provide her ruling on the case at a later date.<br>
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