College-Bound Student Received A Large Gift From His Grandparents, But His Mother Wanted Part Of The Money Redirected Toward His Half-Sibling’s Medical Needs
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Medical crises create painful choices, but they don’t make someone else’s savings automatically available.
Should two teenagers be pressured to surrender the college funds their late father’s parents created for them?
Instead of accepting their refusal, their mother grounded them and sued their grandparents for $250,000.
Read on to see why the brothers refuse to switch sides.
WIBTA if I keep siding with my grandparents in my mom’s lawsuit against them?
My mom is suing my grandparents so she can get $250k out of college and future funds.
These are the funds my grandparents saved for me (17M) and my brother (15M).
They’re our dad’s parents. He died when we were little kids.
I guess they started saving where he couldn’t.
This teenage boy’s mom wanted the money his grandmother had saved up for him and his brother.
Mom got married again 4 years after dad died. We have a stepsibling and two half siblings.
Mom wants the money from the college and future funds.
Because, a year ago, one of my half siblings was diagnosed with a medical condition that can cause massive bone issues.
There’s a surgery that can help, but it costs a lot of money.
Even with it my half sibling will need a wheelchair and other medical equipment for a while.
His mom asked his grandmother about it, but was rejected.
My mom wants money for the wheelchair and the surgery.
She asked my grandparents for the money 5 months ago, and they said no.
Then, she told me and my brother we needed to get the money from her.
She said the rest can stay, but she needs the $250k.
We said no, and we were grounded for a month.
His mom even tried to get a lawyer involved, but even the lawyer disagreed with her.
Mom got a lawyer to try and make my grandparents give her the money.
She said anything that was mine and my brother’s, she had a right to decide how it was used.
Their lawyer said no. That’s when mom filed the lawsuit.
I told her she was wrong when I found out about it.
Mom was pretty mad about it. But she was furious when my brother said the same thing.
We haven’t wanted her to do this at all.
He told her it’s their grandparents’ money, and her child with another man doesn’t have the right to it.
I told her the money is our grandparents.
And our half sibling isn’t related to our grandparents, so why would they pay for this stuff?
Mom said that might be true, but we’re our half sibling’s brothers and we should be willing to use the money for a need.
She said we should be going out of our way to advocate for our little sibling.
The argument went back and forth.
I told her it shouldn’t be on us, and I told her I would always side with my grandparents in this.
I told her it wasn’t our fault, and it wasn’t okay to force this like she does.
I told her I hoped she’d lose the lawsuit, and she would never get the money from us or our grandparents.
My mom has tried to get my grandparents to give in so she can drop the lawsuit.
Her husband threatened to kick him and his brother out.
She and her husband have told me and my brother we should be on their side.
And should be helping them in court, not helping our grandparents.
Her husband said if we hate them all so much, we should leave, though mom told him no.
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But she said we should love our sibling enough to hand the money over.
Now, he’s wondering if he’s being the bad guy in the situation.
She said my brother, grandparents, and I were only taking dad’s death out on a child.
By drawing a line over money that could help improve their life so much.
So, AITA?
Let’s see how others reacted to this story.
This user is calling out the mother.
Don’t let them steal your future, says this one.
Here’s an honest opinion from this person.
This user has a valid question.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a daughter who feels hoodwinked after finding out the sick father she’s been supporting has plenty of money of his own.
Finally, this one makes a good point, too.
The mother’s fear for her sick child is understandable, but grounding her sons and suing their grandparents crosses a serious line.
The brothers can care about their sibling without giving up the college and future funds their late father’s parents created for them.
This family needs a real funding plan, not a courtroom tug-of-war over two teenagers’ futures.
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