I have been the sole care provider for my father for 20 plus years. Several years ago he made a will and decided that he wanted to leave me the property that he and I reside on. Now he is more ill and my siblings come and go as they please but do not take care of him. They do not take him to doctor's appointments etc. I am his sole caretaker, now they want him to change his will because he's getting more ill, and they want the land to to be divided 4 ways. Can I fight them and am I entitled to the property that was left to me in the will?
Hopefully if your Dad is in his right mind he will not change his will. If it weren't for you caring for him, most likely his entire estate would have had to go to pay for his care and there wouldn't be anything to divide with selfish siblings.
Makes me angry these posts about siblings who show up when the parent becomes so ill he might pass .. after not helping or caring all these years.
Your siblings cannot force your father to change his will if he does not want to.
If your father is not mentally competent he cannot create a new will now anyway.
So on the face of it this all seems fairly simple... why is it making you so afraid, then? Is there more to the whole issue than we would understand at first sight?
What is the value of the property? Does it exceed the value of your services for the past 20 years? Do you actually want the property or would you sell it? can you afford the upkeep?
Hopefully Dad has some cognitive problems and as others have said he can't change his will.
If it is a huge parcel if you wished after his deather offer them parcels. But that would be up to you, they certainly have not earned anything.