My in-laws called me a gold-digger when all I want to do is grieve for my partner
DEAR DEIDRE: MY in-laws have accused me of being a gold-digger.
I was with my partner for 30 years until he passed away last year from cancer.
Sadly, he spent his last few months in hospital.
I am 63. I spent every day with him but right at the end I popped home for a shower.
Devastatingly, by the time I got back he’d passed away.
His family have since said that I didn’t care for him.
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They are demanding I pay for his headstone and interment, which I can’t afford.
Now they say if there is any money left I don’t deserve it.
This is taking a huge toll. What can I do?
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DEIDRE SAYS: You know the depth of the relationship that you and your partner shared and no one can take that away from you.
Unmarried partners and partners who have not registered a civil partnership cannot inherit from each other unless there is a will.
So you need to establish if your partner left a will and get advice urgently from your Local Citizens Advice Bureau.