yep . It was cool how much he seemed to learn a lesson and take it to heart since then though . <| sep |> Well that ' s blindingly obvious <| sep |> Damnit , now I have that song in my head . <| sep |> No is a complete sentence . Get a lawyer . One who will defend that will to the death in probate court , possibly even the one who drew it up or someone she recommends . Grandma was smart . She didn ' t give it to your father , whose business is failing , and it could get sucked into that and it would impact your sister ' s college funding in either his or her name . Get thee to rpersonalfinance and read the sidebar on windfalls . Essentially the advice is to pay your debts , tell no one , get advice from a fee for service CFP , and don ' t do ANYTHING with it for a specified amount of time .