disinherit

“A parent can disinherit a child, leaving them nothing,” according to Albertson & Davidson, a law firm with offices across southern California.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

As we divest from its dated narratives and disinherit its archetypes, we need artists who are astute and skilled enough to invent new ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

Fleming severed his relationship with Monique after his mother threatened to disinherit him, an act that would reverberate across his lifetime in pangs of sadness and despair.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

Attorneys for two of Franklin's sons had asserted their half-brother Ted White "wants to disinherit" them.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2023

According to an account recorded by a friend of Stanton’s, her father told her, “Your first lecture will be a very expensive one,” threatening to disinherit her if she went through with it.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

When Morosus’s nephew Henry shows up with his theater troupe, Morosus, appalled at Henry’s chosen career, disinherits him and insults his wife, Aminta.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2022

If she disinherits me, her only child, I can’t make it up to my half-siblings.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021

Sebald’s melancholy flâneur, then, already disinherits Baudelaire’s 19th-century optimism.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013

My dear Biddy: the Undershaft tradition disinherits him.

From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw

A bitter man, George Tennyson had been disinherited by his own father and forced into holy orders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

“I believe there was a will that disinherited us somewhere,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

Howard Thurman said, “There is one overmastering problem that the socially and politically disinherited always face: under what terms is survival possible?”

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024

I’m also confused as to how your half siblings are connected to you being disinherited by your mom.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021

“Murenga disinherited his son. Proud announced he was going to earn his own fortune. He came here.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

But for Marcus to follow this precedent would mean disinheriting his child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

She must understand what it means and the effect it will have — in this case, disinheriting her other legal heirs.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

Another post suggested disinheriting children, and deploying "your thoughts about the estrangement in the will as a last word."

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024

If your spouse isn’t willing, you can talk to the attorney about your options, but understand that disinheriting them may not be possible.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021

But when the angry cotton-spinner would be on the point of disinheriting his son, there would follow the third part of the pastor's address, which would include a reconciliation.

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