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Can you really disown someone in your family? Or is it just a blurb people use? If you can do it, how is it done?

Can you really disown someone in your family? Or is it just a blurb people use?

If you can do it, how is it done?

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Linda Answered:

You can write a will specifying the person inherits nothing. You can get an order of protection against a family member who is harassing you or dangerous to you. This is the legal way to do that. Of course, many people use this phrase to mean that they have nothing to do with their relative and won't let them visit.

Posted 3 years ago

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essaress Answered:

People do all time...but as to how it is done with the result you want...call a lawyer.

Most often what is meant is removing the person in question from your last will and testament..

Anything else would involve getting a marriage anulled and birth records expunged and I don't know if that sort of thing is even possible to an average person today...certainly somebody very wealthy would be able to get it accomplished, but they would not handle it personally ...leaving it up their legal representative..

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Dingylamb Answered:

If you only write them out of your Will, they can contest it more easily, stating that they are entitled to a part of the inheritance. From what I understand, the best way to "disown" someone is to leave them one dollar ($1.00), which indicates that they have been intentionally given a part of the inheritance that the deceased wanted to give them, and cannot therefore as easily contest the Will because the deceased did, in fact, leave them something and intentionally only wanted them to have $1.00 and no more.