How To Legally Disown My Family

The Cowboy | 10:02 Sat 22nd Jan 2011 | Civil

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For years I have taken verbal abuse from my brothers and sister. They have looked down on me as unlike them I never owned my own house or made pots of money. I kept my mouth shut for the sake of my mother. Now that she has died I would legally like to be disowned from them. Is there a way I can do that.

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Cowboy

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redhelen

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Cowboy, I can totally appreciate where you are coming from. I cut all ties from my mother and had nothing to do with her for 5 year till she died.

TBH I did not do anything legally, I wrote her letter and left told her not to make any contact with me or else I would involve the police.

I had no regrets doing this - however you have to be sure that your family (ie...

10:22 Sat 22nd Jan 2011

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sara3

are you adults? can't you all just move on? what difference do you think it would make?

mollykins

I'm no legal expert BTW. But for a start you could change your name and make sure they're not mentioned as next of kin for anything.

The Cowboy

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sara3 It will give me peace of mind. This has been going on for 10 years. My mother always told me I was the black sheep of the family.
mollykins I dont want to change my name for the sake of my own daughter and granddaughter.

jd_1984

Do you feel that you need to do it leagally.
Is that because you have grounds to have a restraining order so they leagally can not approach you or simply because you have had enough?
Could you not just distance yourself and tell them how you feel without the use of the law?

jd_1984

My spelling today is terrible - *Legally*

sara3

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve.
are you looking for some law that will stop them from contacting you?
can't you move and change your phone number?

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bednobs

you don't own your family, therefore you can't diown them
Just don't have anything to do with them, don't see them, don't take their calls, behave as if they don't exist and there you have it

Bobbisox

helen, I love your honesty, I mean that

lcg

do what i did...moved and never spoke to them again. i've now had 15 years of peace and quiet and don't give a hoot what they are up to. and it didn't cost me a penny...as you are an adult, i feel it would be childish to legally disown them (and i'm not even sure you can!) just tell them all to fuff off....x

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Bobbisox

I think a kid in America did this a few years back, I would do as the others have said if you feel so strongly about

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society

Why can't you just ignore them?

anneasquith

helen, im sad to read your post...........cowboy, just dont have any contact with them

lcg

helen...'tis better to call a spade what it is and if people really get on your wick, you don't have to talk to them, do you? if you ignore them for long enough, they soon get the message. i had to laugh at my brothers wedding last year when my aunty (who i loathe) asked me for my phone number. i just looked at her and said 'and why would i want to talk to you?'...she got the message x

starone

You could put a notice in the local newspaper but you would then have to air your grievance to all who read it and that could be embarrassing to you. Best thing, as everyone else has said, is to cut all ties and pretend they don't exist.

jno

changing your name would be the most emphatic way of doing it, but it might cut off your nose to spite your face if your own family don't want to do it. Could you maybe just change the spelling of your name to make it seem you're from a different branch? (Smith to Smyth or something.)