Following the death of their father in 2019 and mother in 2013, three siblings in Singapore have been embroiled in a legal battle over the inheritance left behind by their parents.
The inheritance in question involved a semi detached house that was sold for $1.6 million in 2020 and a shophouse with a market price of $1.5 million.
In the wills of their parents, both properties were willed to their youngest son.
But the properties were co-owned by their parents and eldest brother.
The two younger siblings see the properties as part of their parents estate and not belonging solely to the eldest son.
The eldest son was made co-owner and made the downpayment for the semi-detached house, but the payments for the house was made largely by their parents.
The eldest son also claimed that he was his parents favourite because he graduated from Cambridge and excelled academically.
However, it is worth noting that according to the law, house ownership is automatically transferred to the surviving joint tenant upon the death of one of the owners.
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