Swapped baby born to poor family instead of wealthy.

[poppet2]

This man sued the hospital as he grew up in a poor family and became a bus driver. He should have had the best of everything from his original wealthy parents, whose wrong son became a rich successful business man.

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1174840/man-swapped-at-birth-regrets-lost-life

[Mister M]

A fascinating story, reminds me somewhat of that 70s film "The Prince and the Pauper".

 

We don't know much about the rich family though. Maybe they were wonderfully loving parents or maybe they were emotionally cold.

[SportsTrophy]

That's a compensation of less than £4,000 a year. I think he should make a film about his life with the money which could make much more.

[Moonbird]

Now its all out in the open wouldn't the poor Man be entitled to his share of the rich families wealth as well? and the Man that should be poor eek, that bit doesn't bear thinking about

[Cyclone]

There's no legal obligation for parents to pass on wealth to their children, so I'm not sure what you mean by "entitled".

[Moonbird]

There's no legal obligation for parents to pass on wealth to their children, so I'm not sure what you mean by "entitled".

 

Thanks for pointing out my poor choice of words again

 

I simply meant that usually when parents die their children inherit the wealth, if he is their child would he not be able to claim a share in that? just wondered.

[Cyclone]

In my reply I meant to explain that parents die their children do not automatically inherit their wealth.

 

The answer would depend on a lot of different factors I'd think.

Firstly, it's in Japan, so I've no idea how the law is different there to here.

 

Here, I'm not sure if a will can be challenged after it's been fully executed. And if it can, it would depend on the exact wording of the will. It might have said (for example) "we leave our worldly possessions to be split equally amongst our children", or it might have named them... If they were named, then I doubt any challenge could be successful.

[poppet2]

This really shows the importance that money can make in your life. Wealthy parents sent their children to private schools and therefore receive the best start in life.

 

This takes me back to Boris's speech, society is not equal if you are poor despite the fact that you have the genes and potential. If you fail at the first hurdle because you live in a sink estate and go to a bad school in a bad area, what hope is there?

[Bonzo77]

There's no legal obligation for parents to pass on wealth to their children, so I'm not sure what you mean by "entitled".

 

No, but there is a big moral obligation which should be taken into account.

[Moonbird]

In my reply I meant to explain that parents die their children do not automatically inherit their wealth.

 

The answer would depend on a lot of different factors I'd think.

Firstly, it's in Japan, so I've no idea how the law is different there to here.

 

Here, I'm not sure if a will can be challenged after it's been fully executed. And if it can, it would depend on the exact wording of the will. It might have said (for example) "we leave our worldly possessions to be split equally amongst our children", or it might have named them... If they were named, then I doubt any challenge could be successful.

 

Yes I see, not so simple then, poor chap must feel that he had a very raw deal.