Brother’s children are causing stress by harrassing me over his will

DEAR DEIDRE: MY late brother’s stepchildren keep harassing me about his will.

I’m a woman in my seventies. My brother never married or had children, and he died during the Covid pandemic.

In the 1980s, he lived with a woman who had two children.

Their relationship ended suddenly but they remained friends. Her children are now in their forties.

My brother’s ex, her kids and myself were beneficiaries in the will but I got the lion’s share. Even though the stepdaughter read the will, she is convinced she and her brother were due to inherit more.

They have caused many rows and I’ve asked them to stop contacting me. How can we resolve this?

DEIDRE SAYS: I am so sorry you are having to deal with this bad feeling on top of your grief.

You don’t need to give them any more money than your brother’s will stated, so please don’t feel pressured to do so.

I urge you to distance yourself from them. You have obligations to them.