disinherit

I can’t tell you to disinherit your son and daughter-in-law, and I can’t tell you not to do so.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

He told the jury White “wants to disinherit his two brothers. Teddy wants it all.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

“If you’re not in Gryffindor, we’ll disinherit you,” said Ron, “but no pressure.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021

He disinherits Lewis, leaving him only the ill-fated collection.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2015

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

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013

We sometimes hear of a father who disinherits a child in consequence of some act of disobedience.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

All of the relatives are morally superior to Becket; after all, it’s not their fault he was disinherited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

For Thurman, hatred is the real threat of occupation because it disguises itself as common sense and self-protection, then spreads through the disinherited as the cancer it becomes.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 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

They had made millions and millions since Gram Hilda had disinherited them.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

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

In reality, disinheriting a spouse can be extremely hard to do.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021

I can’t help being blunt, and being very angry, too, when I hear you talk of disinheriting so good, so worthy a young gentleman as your nephew, my master.

From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker