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<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, passed away childless in 2021 and left her entire estate to her nephew, Simon Stock, and his partner Catherine, who lived just a couple of minutes from her south London home.<br>
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<br>But her Michigan-based great-nephew, 39-year-old Ben Chiswick, has actually now introduced a quote to acquire the lot himself - despite not visiting or even talking to her over the phone because his move to the US eight years back.<br>
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<br>Propulsion engineer Mr Chiswick had actually been because of acquire her fortune under a previous will composed nearly 40 years earlier in 1986 when he was a child, but was dramatically 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](https://yurdumemlak.az) out in a care home while they delighted 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 effectively comprehend what she was doing when she [altered](https://pompeypropertydev.co.za) her testament.<br>
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<br>However, Simon and his partner are combating the case, declaring Mr Chiswick - who has actually lived in the US given that 2017 - had no 'significant relationship' with Ms Stock beyond his early years while Mr Stock had been 'the nearest thing to a son she had'.<br>
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<br>Sitting at Central London County Court, [Judge Jane](https://www.seasideapartments.co.za) Evans-Gordon heard that ['independent'](https://loveinrealestate.com) and periodically 'stubborn' Ms Stock had a deep emotional attachment to her home in Charminster Road, Mottingham, having shared it with her hubby Samuel until his death in 2001.<br>
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<br>Ben Chiswick, 39, envisioned right with dad Brent, is challenging Doreen Stock's will in the courts after she disinherited him a year before her death<br>
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<br>Doreen Stock, 86, passed away 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 first will, made in 1986, left her estate to Mr Chiswick, son of her Chiswick and husband Brent.<br>
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<br>The estate primarily consists of the [Mottingham](https://plazalar360.com) home, which is valued online at about ₤ 400,000.<br>
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<br>The court heard Ms Stock had actually had an excellent relationship with the Chiswicks, who assisted her with her shopping and visited her regularly.<br>
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<br>She even made an enduring power of lawyer in their favour, however before she passed away revoked the document and changed her will, leaving whatever to a nephew on her other half's side.<br>
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<br>Challenging the will, Mr Chiswick claims that his great-aunt's dementia in her final years suggests there is major doubt whether she had the necessary capacity to make the modifications.<br>
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<br>And he stated the fact there was no discussion with his side of the [household](http://v1.kangrooo.com) about the new will suggested 'something not right' about her change of mind.<br>
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<br>'Doreen and I had a really happy relationship and she comprehended that leaving her estate to me would make a huge difference to my life,' he stated in his proof.<br>
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<br>For Simon and Catherine, lawyer James McKean informed the court that Ms Stock had also been close to Simon, who was 'the nearby thing to a child she had,' adding to his school fees as a kid.<br>
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<br>And although she formerly had a close relationship with Mr Chiswick's parents, that was messed up when they suggested she go into a care home in 2019.<br>
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<br>Patricia had actually then organized for a 'capability assessment' for her aunt, which the lawyer stated caused Ms Stock fearing her self-reliance was being threatened and eventually changing her will.<br>
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<br>The estate primarily includes the Mottingham house, which is valued online at about ₤ 400,000<br>
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<br>The court heard there had actually been ['building bitterness'](https://pinnaclepropertythailand.com) with the way her power of lawyer was being administered, which 'finally boiled over in the summer season of 2019 when the Chiswicks made an ill-judged - though maybe well-intentioned - suggestion 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 marvel that she found the proposal to be alarming and offending.<br>
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<br>'No doubt Doreen was stressed over the possibility 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 resulted in a report stating she 'did not have capability,' she had actually started [actions](https://novavistaholdings.com) to revoke the power of lawyer and make a [brand-new](https://roccoinmobiliaria.com) will in Simon and Catherine's favour, he told the judge.<br>
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<br>Quizzing Patricia Chiswick in the witness box, he included: 'Doreen liked her home and it had 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 invest some time in a care home stank to her, wasn't it?<br>
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<br>'From Doreen's viewpoint, this must have looked a genuine hazard to her independence.'<br>
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<br>But [Patricia rejected](http://logesty-services.fr) distressing the pensioner, insisting that the strategy was just 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 recommendation due to the fact that we don't normally go away for 3 weeks at a time, and I believe she had been rather unhealthy and her health was deteriorating in general,' she said.<br>
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<br>'I was concerned about leaving her and I thought it would be rather nice if she might go somewhere where she could be looked after while we were away.<br>
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<br>'It was absolutely stressed out that it was for three weeks. There was no recommendation she was going to remain there indefinitely.'<br>
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<br>The Chiswicks did not visit Ms Stock once again between the capacity evaluation in 2019 and her death in May 2021.<br>
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<br>For Patricia's child Mr Chiswick, who is the claimant in the case, barrister Simon Lane stated that, at the time she made the new will, she was 'vulnerable and was acting out of character.'<br>
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<br>The 2019 evaluation performed after the suggestion of a care home relocation had actually resulted in a professional's finding that she 'did not have capability,' he stated.<br>
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<br>But Mr McKean stated the assessment was deficient, with Ms Stock addressing with 'irritable hostility' when she was quizzed about things that made no sense to her, such as a fire which never ever really occurred.<br>
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<br>Other evaluations around the same time had actually resulted in findings that she did have capacity, although she was suffering with 'moderate' dementia,' he said.<br>
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<br>'Doreen may have had some memory problems, however capacity and memory are different monsters,' he said.<br>[lefigaro.fr](https://proprietes.lefigaro.fr/)
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<br>'The court will have a hard time to find any proof of impaired cognition or thinking. On the contrary, Doreen's behaviour, values and thinking corresponded and plausible at all times.'<br>
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<br>He said there was reason for her to decide to change her will, the last being made more than 30 years previously, and that by then Mr Chiswick - living and working on the opposite of the Atlantic - would have been 'far from her mind as a beneficiary.'<br>
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<br>He had actually not seen her once again or perhaps spoken on the phone after transferring to the US, while the majority of the evidence of their relationship came from when he was a kid.<br>
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<br>On the other hand, Mr Stock and his wife had actually been able to visit her regularly, living not far from her in Eltham, south London, he said.<br>[facebook.com](https://www.facebook.com/lilosearch)
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<br>'The court can be surprised neither by the making of the contested will, nor by Doreen's option of recipients,' he included.<br>
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<br>The judge is expected to offer her judgment on the case at a later date.<br>
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