“What problem?”
Sierra asked of the lawyer.
“Mr. Simpson had added a provision to the will that if no assignment of property was to appear in the future, Miss Lane would theoretically inherit it all. But before this provision could be ratified, Mr. Simpson had his accident.”
“Since you knew Robert had been planning on that, shouldn’t Georgia get the inheritance? I don’t see what’s so unclear about that.”
Elsie up and started complaining, while the lawyer smiled and explained.
“This provision is not official. If it went to court, this property could be frozen or even dissolved. Unless all parties involved unanimously agree to have Miss Lane inherit the property, especially Mr. Simpson’s current wife, Miss Moon. If Miss Moon has no objections, we could go entirely with the will.”
That put Sierra on the spot. She didn’t look too good, but she kept her cool.
“I want to ask one thing, lawyer. My son Wesley is also Robert’s birth son. This was a will established a year ago, when Robert still didn’t know Wesley existed. In this current situation, can my son legally inherit his father’s property?”
“It’s a shame, but whoever the inheritor designated in the will is, whoever inherits the property. Even if he didn’t let his own child have anything and donated it all to charity or a stranger, all of it has to go according to the will.”
The lawyer smiled, while Sierra’s expression dimmed.
“If that’s the case, it was Miss Lane’s share to begin with, so let her have it.”
At Sierra’s words, a lot of people couldn’t help but stand up.
That wasn’t what she said before. As they were getting ready to argue, Randy, who’d been standing by the side of the old man, suddenly walked up.
“Lawyer, if this will can be proven not to be binding, wouldn’t the inheritance need to be reassigned? Based on the first heir by law, that is.”
The lawyer nodded, and Randy produced a document.
“And according to the law, with the subject not in the right state of mind, any wills produced during that time have no legally binding power, correct?”
The lawyer nodded again and took Randy’s document. The report showed a psychological report of Robert, saying that he was mentally deranged.
The lawyer looked it over and handed off copies to Sierra, Georgia, Ivan, Ivan’s parents, and the others in the room. Almost everybody got a copy.
“If this report is real, the time it was made happens to be the same as the time the will was established, so the will would have no binding power. But this report has to be investigated for legitimacy.”
The lawyer said fairly. Georgia opened the documents and looked it over, unable to help her laughter.
So that was Sierra’s plan. Robert was nuts, so the will didn’t stand.
They’d even gotten a psych report ready. This was too funny.
At that moment, Kenny had stood and pointed at Georgia.
“I knew you didn’t have good intentions. I thought it was strange that he’d fall for you, an abandoned woman who gave birth in prison. Now, looks like you somehow sent Robert off the rails. Thankfully, he woke up after the accident. You must have had him establish the will when he was still confused. Have you no shame, Georgia? Get out of the Simpson household. You probably tricked your way into Robert’s father’s inheritance, too. Trying to pull it off again today? I’m telling you, don’t even think about it!”
As Kenny finished, Dora started mocking her as well.
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