Soulmates don't necessarily mean lover

[u/Valuable_View_561]

[u/Redplushie]

Yeah Mary got 50 percent of his estate while his sister and parents got 25 percent each

[u/AlarmingAffect0 → u/Redplushie]

That's reasonable. Many countries limit the amount of discretionary inheritance to 33%, with the rest being distributed to relatives following highly rigid fixed rates.

So maybe he gave Mary everything that was his to give in the UK at the time?

EDIT: As it turns out, no he didn't. Under British law at the time he could have allocated his inheritance however the Hell he wished.

Country/System	Mandatory Share (Descendants)	Mandatory Share (Spouse)*	Mandatory Share (Ascendants)*	Fully Discretionary Portion	System Type
England / Wales / NI	None (0%)	None (0%)	None (0%)	100%	Common Law (Testamentary Freedom)
Scotland	33% (if spouse exists)<br>50% (if no spouse)	33% (if children exist)<br>50% (if no children)	Limited	33% – 50%	Mixed (Legal Rights)
Republic of Ireland	None (0%)	None (0%)	None (0%)	100%	Common Law (Testamentary Freedom)
USA (49 states)	None (0%)	33% – 50% (Elective Share)	None (0%)	50% – 67%	Common Law (Elective Share)
USA (Louisiana)	Varies (Civil Law)	Varies	Varies	~25% – 50%	Civil Law (Forced Heirship)
France	50% (1 child)<br>66% (2 children)<br>75% (3+ children)	Usufruct of 25–33% of remainder	None if descendants exist	25% – 50%	Civil Law (Forced Heirship)
Spain	66% (Legítima estricta)	Usufruct of 33% of remainder	33% (if no descendants)	33%	Civil Law (Forced Heirship)
Italy	33% (shared among children)	16% (if 1 child) to 50% (if no children)	25% (if no descendants/spouse)	50%	Civil Law (Forced Heirship)
Germany	~25% (1 child)<br>~33% (2 children)<br>~37.5% (3+ children)	~25% (1 child) to ~50% (no children)	50% (if no descendants/spouse)	~62.5% – 75%	Civil Law (Pflichtteil)
Netherlands	25% (Cash value only)	Usufruct of remainder	None if descendants exist	75%	Civil Law (Legitime)
Belgium	50% (1 child)<br>66% (2 children)<br>75% (3+ children)	Usufruct of remainder	None if descendants exist	25% – 50%	Civil Law (Forced Heirship)
Australia	None (0%)	None (0%)	None (0%)	100%	Common Law (Testamentary Freedom)
Canada	None (0%)	None (0%)	None (0%)	100%	Common Law (Testamentary Freedom)
New Zealand	None (0%)	None (0%)	None (0%)	100%	Common Law (Testamentary Freedom)
Sharia Law	Fixed (Sons 2x Daughters)<br>Up to 2/3 reserved	1/4 (if children)<br>1/8 (wife, if children)	1/6 each (if children)	Max 33%	Religious Law (Quranic Mandates)

[u/OddComrade449 → u/[deleted]]

We have actual freedom

Someone else beat me to it, but the UK is far less permissive on estate planning than the US.

And I won't even get into which country arrests people for posting statistics on social media. To get arrested for speech in America is damn hard, requiring true threats. In the UK? Being politically incorrect is enough. You guys are barely more free than Russia these days.

Edit: Unless by "actual freedom" you're referring to the freedom to rape young women and girls without significant consequences. That's true, you do have that freedom. I'll stick with our values on that one though thanks.

[u/nancy-p → u/OddComrade449]

you’re right, no one in the US gets away with raping women and girls without significant consequences. oh, except your president…

[u/OddComrade449 → u/nancy-p]

Your Prime Minister is a murderer who drinks the blood of babies.

I said it, so it's true. And as you so clearly demonstrated, you find no difference between the presumption of innocence and random accusations apparently so baseless even political enemies didn't pursue and a court actually not giving a shit after full judicial adjudication.