Woman challenges mom's will over gender bias 

she could've been a horrible daughter. not saying she is, the mother had her reasons and it was disrespected. wait until the government changes how you work your will.

Don’t worry the economy is so bad that none of us will have anything to leave behind

So how well did you know this family, apart from the "sound bites" from this so called news story?

It's terrible that the daughter is ignoring the wishes of the dead owner, wills ain't a matter of opinion. What is said is done end of story.

@@nigletmajor maybe if you actually read the full court ruling then you might understand the story better. Seems like you’re just selectively hearing the “sound bites” as well.

She ignores her mother's wish she is selfish and greedy

I always find that interesting. The woman should sacrifice everything to take care of people. The man does nothing but gains everything. Women who know this should act like men and do nothing. Of course, family guilt women if they don't do the caregiving as if it's only women who can do it.

This is the curse of a Chinese daughter

Just not to be honored after your death because someone can decide what your intentions were. Jenny could have been a financial drain for her parents while they were a life and wanted to give the brother a little bit more.

​@IsmaAragto Zero of those things were in this vid. Y'all are weird af running with wild ideas in your mind about strangers.

That isnt what happened.. Chinese favour sons… so they get everything. Even during their life: her brother received more education and everything.. Having the daughter was simply to have a caregiver so the son wouldn’t have to do it. This was unfair!!! Totally gender favourism that are completely outdated. She deserved a fair inheritance.

@@IsmaAragtoNo where did it ever say that Jenny was a financial drain. Please use your brain.

@@winthehill You use your brain. I said COULD. You don’t know the reason why her mother made that decision. All we know is she did and her wishes were not honored and she is out here pretending like it was her brother’s fault for being born a male and disparaging him. It was HER MOTHER’s Money and it was HER CHOICE. it is not a right. Period.

I was at a presentation by a lawyer and the court can intervene thank goodness. I was surprised. In this case, the sexism involved, even though the daughter did all the work, is ridiculously unfair. I know of another case where one of the 3 daughters who had not had contact with the parents for 10 years was suing for part of the inheritance. Nervy eh? Don't know what happened.

@@heather-cz8yk The courts intervening makes writing a will meaningless!

Then how the hell would a will even be executed? 😒

@@lornamackay4069 Wills need to be very carefully worded.....however, in this case, I don't blame the daughter for going after the estate.

Why ?

It's Chinese tradition and customs. It's never a good idea to display ignorance with other cultures.

No -- that's what contesting a will means. Lack of equity which the courts correct. As they should.

@@sadee1287 Why should courts get involved? What is the point of writing a will if it can be overturned by courts just because the judges think you should have divided your assets differently? If a person is certified to be of sound mind, then they have the legal right to leave their assets to whomever or whatever they chose!

Morally it’s right. Man needs to feed his family, the woman just needs to find a man. Contesting your own mother’s dying wish is disrespectful and despicable.

@@thorlordofthunder2677too bad

She’s dead. She can’t take the money with her to heaven. Shouldn’t have been a misogynistic person and maybe the judge would’ve ruled something else

Its actually not, once she dies. Its not hers at all. It becomes her estates. Dead people dont have rights but her children do

daughter should have billed mom’s estate for the years of care

I smell jealousy and envy in that woman.

Or if he held Canadian values which are supposed to devoid of gender, racial and religious bias.

​@@milomilo55 they aren't canadian. they're clearly chinese. with an address in the canadian economic zone.

He didn’t do anything dishonest. He simply accepted what his mother wanted. The daughter was just jelly.

@@coolbuddydude1 How convenient for the brother, "he simply accepted what his mother wanted"....this man is a saint, I tell you !

@@CP-pe9ul a lot of siblings get more than the rest. He didn’t steal it or tricked his mom. It was a gift from her to him. The mom believed he needs it more. He doesn’t have to share his inheritance.

So what was the relationship between her and her mother as it sounds like you knew this family quite well?

Hi ginny

perhaps the caregivers need to specify the compensation they receive for their work, rather than wait for the parent to die and then complain because their time and effort was not rewarded.

@@lornamackay4069As a family member/caregiver you should not be expecting compensation for caring for your parents..... Not saying it was a good choice, but it's her assets and wealth and ultimately her choice, not anyone's business. The fact she got media involved rather than settling civilly or was unable to, is still embarrassing 🤦‍♂️

@@mbergamin16 I don't think she was asking for exact compensation or payment, but after all the work she put in to just be treated equally. I'm glad this went to the media, it should be more commonly recognized that daughters are often pressured to care for their parents but treated as if their labour is either worthless or a due fact. I don't want a weekly wage for cleaning up my dads excrement and keeping my parents house sanitary....but you can bet that if I found out my brother was set to receive a lot more consideration in their will then I'd stop helping out and let my parents either try to pressure him to help or they can live in filth. Depending on her situation fair compensation might not be possible, who knows what the estate is worth or how many hundreds/thousands of hours she gave of free physical and mental labour yearly....but primary caregivers deserve at least an equal inheritance and to deny that is a slap in her face.

I would think being the primary caregiver, which some strange reason (but not really) often seems to fall on shoulders of the females of a family ...from birth to death ...would seem to indicate otherwise. BTW ... this didn't occur in China and Canada doesn't support or condone gender bias which the mother supposedly didn't deny was her reason for her decision. The son didn't deny it either.

Her being her mother's primary caretaker was proof she cared. She wouldn't have done it if she hadn't. Where was the brother? What was his contribution if any? Glad justice is being served and she's getting her fair share.

It doesn't matter if the mother was unfair. It's HER ESTATE!! She has every right to decide how to distribute what belongs to her, and neither of her children have any inherent right to them. What a dumb dumb ruling.

She knew her mom planned to leave most of her estate to the brother. Perhaps she should have charged her mom a fair amount for caring for her. Waiting til the mother dies and then challenging the will is disrespectful.

@@lornamackay4069 She was a good , kind , respectful daughter who took care of her elderly Mother until she died . Charging her Mother for that care would have been disrespectful . She took care of her Mother and was there for her until the end . She deserved to have that acknowledged and to be compensated from the estate . The way her Mother and brother treated her was ignorant and disrespectful , she could have refused to care for her Mother and had her put in a home which would have drained the estate and left her brother with far less or even nothing but she didnt .

No she doesn't. If you charge your parents for taking care of them after they took care of you your whole life, you're an evil person. I serve my parents out of love, not because I expect an inheritance.

She says she took care of her mother. Nobody has confirmed that so I honestly don't believe a word out of her mouth.

​@@shari9721she says she took care of her mother.

Would you be claiming the same if it were racially biased, or based on lightness of colour, which seems to play a role in certain cultures?

@@milomilo55 victim lady will have no problem if her mother in law leaves everything to her husband and nothing for sister in law. Sadly this is how it works, if you want to cry the gender bias in some cultures, remember it works both ways. Women can be cruel to other women.

BULLSHIT CHILDREN ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE WILL DIVIDED EVENLY .

Courts should intervene, and thankfully they do. Respect this daughter. She is righting a wrong. I applaud her.

​@@2000sidhupunjabsadly, the people responding to you missed the point entirely. Do not waste your breath with imbeciles.

Bull. The courts in Canada and the US have been doing this for years. This is not a special case. The equitable thing was done. Parents should not favour one child over another nor stoke anger and resentment between them by doing so. She can't do the right thing -- the courts will.

​@@sadee1287dear God, what's inside your head? Any neurons at all?

@@sadee1287so shitty kids should 50% too ?

​@@sadee1287 clown

@@justdev8965 She's right....and the courts started doing this eons ago, this is not new !

As opposed to disrespecting the hospice caretaker who is the daughter?

​@@FOTOJADAMOstudioare you saying disrespecting someone is a basis for removing the right of a person to decide what they want to be done with their own property?

@@ChadChriton .....or they could have dissolved the estate and used the all money to place Mama in a nursing home and no one would have to go to court after Mama died.....all the money would have been gone into paying the nursing home (check the rates). The daughter, by choosing not to put her in a nursing home, enriched the estate.....that's the way the courts look at a situation like this.

@@CP-pe9ul this isn't a matter of or

She never won

It wasn't "invalidated" watch the whole damn thing.

Nope. You CAN contest a will, and if the court finds compelling evidence that the claimant wasn't equitably treated, they will and often do find in their favour. Which should be a lesson to those who want to shaft their children, favour one over another and create animosity and division. It's the most un-parent-like act you can commit. What kind of parent creates bad feelings amongst her children. A BAD one.

@@sadee1287 Funny you replied that thinking you're right. I'm a lawyer and I flat out telling you this is not going to win a case. Im not saying you cant contest the will. Im saying you cant contest it and win. Learn how to read. Even if the court finds evidence, a Will still a binding contract, its a Will. The only time a court will ever side with her is if evidence of the mother, made the will in duress or similar sort. Just because she doesn't like her daughter, it doesn't mean her Will is illegal or voided. My parents could choose to give me all their property when they pass or to my siblings and I can't do anything about it unless I can prove to the court that my parents made this will while they suffer some kind of mental/psychological illness, or was forced by me or my siblings to sign it. Next time if you're going to reply, reply with an educated response. Not your feelings. Sure mom was a big "ass" for that, but it ain't anyone's business. Plus the daughter, considering she is chasing after her family's fortune is the most Asian thing I've seen. This is common in Asian culture. In the end, I will be surprised if she ever gets this case pass preliminary. She's wasting her money unless she actually has a case, which this report never stated.

@@sadee1287nah seems just childish. Parents know what child deserves or would be better off with the money. If you can’t ask 50% of money while they live , u shouldn’t either after they’re dead.

The child is greedy and selfish not to respect the will of their mother ​@@sadee1287

@@sadee1287it doesn’t have to be equitable. You can completely leave out family members if you were not close to them. Imagine an asshole relative suing because they were left out 😂😂😂 the courts over step.

Hardly. Contesting wills has been a thing for years. You don't want your will contested -- don't be a selfish parent and cause division amongst your children.

@sadee1287 that would be up to the parent. Lets say a parent was well taken cared of by one child and another child abandons them at a seniors home, more than likely the parent would want to give more of their will to the child who took care of them. The other child should not have been heartless to abandon their parents in a retirement home

I don't think this will have a huge impact on contesting future Wills, but I do think that depending on media coverage it might have a lot of children (mostly daughters) thoughtfully considering what kind of care and how much they are willing to offer their elderly parents.

Her legal rights were violated by this court however!

your 100% right only as a sibling who took care of her mom shes entitled to 50% of estate. That macho shit doesnt fly here.

Thank you decent guy and brother!!

@@alejandrabonita8355taking care of mom entitles a person to 50% ? How?

You have no idea what you're talking about. In Latin culture, we respect our parents, their traditions and their final wishes. I feel sorry for the people who raised you. You're a disgrace to our culture.

Only an evil wicked son or daughter would charge their parents "50%" for taking care of their parents, after they looked after you your whole life. This has nothing to do your "macho" strawman argument. The fact is, that you should serve your parents out of love and devotion, not because you want money from them.

It’s not a right. A person can leave their estate to 1 person if they choose. The court is so messed up for this.

Soon all inheritance will go to the government for redistribution.

And that's a lovely story. But if your brothers weren't involved and trying as hard as you they didn't deserve shit.

Typical "grab what you can" feminist response.

She shouldn’t be considered a daughter if she disrespected her mother’s wishes. The son did nothing wrong.

Where does it stop? If I give my daughter less pocket money than my son should I be forced to give her an equal amount? There are many immoral behaviors that the state should have no say in, like cheating on your spouse, saying racist or sexist things, etc. The judge is a moron.

She should have....and let the primary caregiver know exactly where she stands and the nerve to walk away.

@@jameswest509 why? The daughter took care of the mother in her sick years not the son, he doesn’t deserve it just cause he’s a guy

If the son was given his inheritance before his mother died, he would have been taxed very heavily.

@@gazthejaz8910 Deserve? I did know getting money from your parents is about deserving.

And what issues would that be? Grow up would you? You don't get to dictate what is news and what isn't.

Yes, grow up Justin 😂

Well, should we clap for you not asking for equity? Wow --you're a saint! Since you apparently can stand on your "own two feet" -- are we to assume your brother does not? If you can live with your parents' decision, fine, though I think you're getting the short end of the stick. Just don't expect everyone to feel the same way as you do.

@@sadee1287equity ? It’s a will , a gift. Not salary.

​@@sadee1287it was hers to do with as she pleased. Yeesh, the entitlement...

Screw that!!!! When parents decide to play "favourites" their wishes should be "disrespected".....something tells me that this situation also happened while mama was alive, so why didn't she go live with her son when she was infirmed. By doing what she did, mama is striking out from the grave, so don't tell the daughter to "respect her wishes" and not react.

@@CP-pe9ul it’s the mom’s money. How can you tell her what to do with it ?

That part of the culture is a bit sexist, though. Just because it's a tradition doesn't make it right.

No it isn't sexist. You have no idea why they keep those traditions alive. It is as if you're saying that immigrants and minorities are too stupid to understand the reason why they do the things they do.

I don't even think it was just tradition usually shit like this doesn't happen unless the kid receiving the will took care of her till the end but the other one didn't.

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@SketchyGhettoSpicstupid take. This is an uneducated outdated practice. Many Chinese families do not do this anymore, especially in Canada. It is 100% sexist, stop trying to justify sexism by hiding under the guise of “cultural practice and tradition”. And I’m saying this as someone who is Asian and know the “tradition”.

Yes he broke the law.....the moral law of fairness. The law will rectify what stupid people do.

​@@sadee1287 ur yapping all over the place 😂

Where is the proof she even took care of her mother and that she isn't just saying all this bs for publicity. The brother probably took care of the mother while the sister just waited for her to die.

Andd? She was her mother's main caregiver, why not?

This has been going on for a long time....this is not the first time that a will / estate was challenged.

Sounds more like a "grab whatever assets you can" feminist approach.

Guess your sense of justice is pathetic. Okay.....

@@sadee1287 No it's not. My sense of justice is all about common sense. Why didn't the daughter sue BEFORE her mother passed away? She knew what her mother's plans were. Any Judge would have spoken to the mother to assess her mental state, and would have ruled in her favour. The Judge would have stated that the law does not force her to give any money to her children, let alone one in particular. But, now that the mother is dead, her values died with her. I hope this case goes in appeal because this is insane.

​​@@leezwatz3339it's insane indeed, but... to the insane, it sounds perfectly reasonable, as we can see from their many, many comments.

@@justdev8965 I wonder how those people would react if they knew in advance that their wills would not be respected when they died. A will is a legal document that is supposed to assure that your last wishes are respected when you are dead. That will is supposed to be your voice.

The news channel is just reporting the news. It doesn't make a judgment call on the proceedings. Contesting wills has been happening for decades. This is nothing new. But it does illuminate the preference that some cultures hold for valuing sons over daughters, which is wrong. This daughter helped and supported her mother into old age, and at least for that, should be compensated. An imbalance corrected, and a message sent --- it's time to value daughters and sons equally.

@@sadee1287 What is right and wrong changes according to the belief of the society. What you perceive as wrong, an entire society may be fine with. I think this lady manipulated the court system. She said her mother told her "All" of the inheritance goes to the male. So if she got 18%, the mother was already making progress. But all you hear is the daughter 's story, and the son can't tell you his side. My aunt's family is leaving most of their inheritance to the eldest son. (They had 3 girls and 2 boys). Their reasoning is because the others didn't need the money as much, so they are giving it to the poorest child. Is that fair? Some may not think so, but it's the parents' hard earned money, and it's their choice.

@@tbui-im8gpread the actual court decision and you will see a full picture. The brother had full control of his mother’s finances and already got money from the sale of 2 rental properties and also the family home. The mother initially left nothing for the daughter but changed it in 2018 to give her 18%. The brother reacted negatively said he did not know why his mother did that and saw no reason for her to do it. So he actually wanted 100% of the inheritance. The brother is extremely selfish.

@@tbui-im8gp That's why we have the courts....because, as you say, "what is right and wrong changes according to the belief of the society" !!!

I don’t think she is disgusting, she appeared, articulate, educated and as a good mother to her daughters. It would seem that she wanted to be valued equally and is shining a light on what she believes to be an archaic and bias tradition. It also appears the Supreme Court of Canada agrees with her. That doesn’t make her “disgusting.” But you too are entitled to your opinion. 🇨🇦

@@KootenayGardenthe supreme court of Canada just cares about gender equality. This has nothing to do with it. It’s just one child bringing favoured than another.

She was the mother's only caregiver in the mother's last year; stated in the video.

No. He didn't deny that it was based on gender and who is breaking up the family here? I think the one who said "lawyer up" when he knew his sibling was being treated unfairly simply because of a cultural bias of another country that favors males regardless of their behavior or contributions, or lack of, to the family.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW VINDICTIVE YOU ARE IN OUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BY YOUR STATEMENT. She said she provided care to her mother which i believe ive known many chinese and they are totally ignorant the old school ones favoring the one with the penis ! sick welcome to canada where that bullshit doesnt fly .

@@milomilo55 Totally agree. The daughter was her mother's caregiver in her final years. Our family ran into the same scenario with the my step mother leaving her money to my brother who would "carryon the family name". We all treated my step-mother the same , the bias came from the male have the family name. My brother split the inheritance equally between the siblings. It was the decent and logical thing to do.

typical asian females. Money Money Money.

But you have integrity. 90% of the people don't have the slightest ounce of integrity. It's quite a frightening planet this one.

@@justdev8965 I'm not surprised. Many people are envious and jealous of those they see, always looking at what others are doing to inform their choices.

She took care of her mother in her sick years, and that brother of hers is greedy

@@gazthejaz8910 So? Are you saying she did it for the reward of inheritance? or did she get a tax benefit for doing so. She seems narcissistic. Maybe even cruel to her mother in the last years.

@@Xocolatben lol so now your assuming that she mistreated her mother? Smh 🤦‍♀️

Gets hers from who?

get what?

Gabriela, you have confused the children. Please answer them or they won't sleep.

The mother is the one that caused that fracture in the family...no different than a parent who, while alive, openly favours one child over the other(s) !

@@CP-pe9ulif you gotta go to court, then you’re undeserving.

@@coolbuddydude1 She can successfully sue the estate for all the time she spent caregiving....it has been done before in every province. Do the research of what the cost of caregiving is in a facility is (24x7x365). The son , it seems, never participated in the care of his mother but feels comfortable with his 85% haul. Talk to any estate lawyer, they'll tell you exactly what I'm saying.

You the brother? 😂 Sure doesn’t make himself sound good at the court. I read the full document and he is manipulative and scheming.

@@Kiwee yet we haven’t from him directly right? You sound like her missing sister? lol

@@WilliamLairecruiter maybe he should have been more honest at trial instead of making himself look bad in front of the judge and for strangers to read in a public ruling 🙂

Spoiled how? she took care of her mother when her mother couldn’t herself. Her brother was nowhere to be found to take care of his mother

The "spoiled brat" had to help wipe her mother's A$$ when her mother was unable to.

Maybe read the full court ruling and you will find the evidence that she took care of her mother? Even the brother acknowledges that his sister did a lot of the caregiving. Someone needs to make a little effort in reading comprehension.

@@Kix878 where did you find either the court ruling or the brother saying that?

@@JJ-ot9pl it is public on the BC supreme court website. You can search for it.