NEED TO KNOW

A woman loses her father and takes on the responsibility of handling his affairs

Her ex–stepmom quickly begins pushing for a copy of his death certificate

Reddit users weigh in on whether she was wrong to deny the request

A woman seeks advice from the Reddit community after losing her father and clashing with her former stepmother over a sensitive request. The poster, 30, shares that her father, 63, recently passed away, and she and her sibling “Taylor” are handling everything as his next of kin.

She explains that her dad had been divorced for nearly 15 years from her ex–stepmom, “Helga,” after a brief marriage of about five years. “They were married about 5 years, had no kids, and she wasn’t financially dependent on him,” she writes, adding that Helga remarried a coupl

See Full Page