The grounds are two-fold @puzzlegal. Firstly, when my mother died ten years or so ago, she left her estate to my stepfather (as would be normal). We daughters were not mentioned in her will.
Except my mother had contributed financially to his estate, selling property of her own to add value to his property, and providing both farm-labour and domestic-labour to enhance his ability to earn a living.
And secondly, I am in a far more precarious financial position than any of the beneficiaries. I have never owned a home, I live week to week on government benefits (due to chronic health conditions) and I will probably be unable to return to work before retirement age (67 here in Aus).
I don’t want to go into too much detail, just because, but suffice to say my solicitor feels I have a strong case, and whilst I’m as nervous as fuck taking this on, I’m doing it anyway.