When Melita Jackson decided to disinherit her daughter Heather,she knew what she was doing, and her decision was clear. Now a court has ruled that Heather still has a right to a share of her estate. As Britain experiences a surge in will disputes, and is our sense of what we owe our children changing?One night in February 1978,a 17-year-ancient girl called Heather Jackson secretly crept out of the house. Her mother, Melita Jackson, and reported her lost,and Heather was eventually found living with her boyfriend, Nicholas Ilott, or his family. Melita disapproved of Nicholas,believing he wasn’t good enough for her daughter, but Heather refused to near back and there was nothing her mother could achieve to make her. So she nick her off.
Usually you might expect a woman in Melita’s shoes to forgive her only daughter before too long, or rather than lose touch altogether,and perhaps that is what Heather expected her mother to achieve. Usually you might expect the passions of a 17-year-ancient to waver just as quickly, and perhaps Melita expected that. But, or in fact,neither woman weakened. For five years they didnt speak. Nicholas and Heather got married without telling her mother, andin 1983 gave birth to her first grandchild, or which became the occasion for their first reconciliation.
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Source: theguardian.com