I don't agree with the man's reasons, he's a prick but isn't he entitled to do what he wants with his money?
Judge rejects Ontario man’s ‘racist will’ that disinherited daughter for having ‘bastard white son’.
A Newmarket court handed down a difficult lesson this week: a last will and testament may not be as inviolate as the dead would wish — especially if his deathbed pleas are deemed to be overtly racist.
On Tuesday, Justice C.A. Gilmore ruled that Jamaican-born Rector Emanuel Spence’s last will be overturned because he had disinherited a daughter who gave birth to a white man’s child.
Mr. Spence, who died alone in 2012, disowned his daughter when he found out she was carrying the infant. Instead, he left $400,000 to another daughter whom he barely knew in the U.K., largely out of anger and spite.
The court documents show that Mr. Spence and his daughter, Verolin, had an excellent relationship prior to 2002. The father supported his daughter throughout eight years of post-secondary education both in Canada and in the U.K. and was proud of her academic achievements.
Then, the court documents read:
“In September 2002, Verolin’s relationship with her father came to a dramatic end. She told her father that she was pregnant and that the father of her child was Caucasian. Her father exclaimed that he was ashamed of Verolin and from that point onwards, the deceased restricted his communication with her. He made it clear to Verolin, according to her affidavit, that he would not allow a white man’s child in his house.”
Mr. Spence refused all contact with his grandson, Alexander, who is now 11-years-old.
In fact, he referred to the child to a family friend as his daughter’s “bastard white son.”
Does it offend public policy that the deceased’s other daughter, Donna, should receive the entire estate simply because her children were fathered by a black man? That, in my view, offends not only human sensibilities but also public policy
The statement describes a lonely, angry man prone to fits of anger and abusive behaviour so intense that aid agencies stopped sending people to help him with his needs. He died of a stroke in 2012. Neither daughter attended his funeral.
Mr. Spence’s last will, signed on 2010, granted his assets to his eldest daughter, Donna, even though the two were largely estranged. Donna still lives in the U.K. and has made no appearances in relation to the proceedings.
On Tuesday, the Justice wrote: “It is clear and uncontradicted, in my view, that the reason for disinheriting Verolin, as articulated by the deceased, was one based on a clearly stated racist principle. Does it offend public policy that the deceased’s other daughter, Donna, should receive the entire estate simply because her children were fathered by a black man? That, in my view, offends not only human sensibilities but also public policy.”
Judge Gilmore divided Mr. Spence’s estate between the two daughters.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/0...erited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/
Judge rejects Ontario man’s ‘racist will’ that disinherited daughter for having ‘bastard white son’.
A Newmarket court handed down a difficult lesson this week: a last will and testament may not be as inviolate as the dead would wish — especially if his deathbed pleas are deemed to be overtly racist.
On Tuesday, Justice C.A. Gilmore ruled that Jamaican-born Rector Emanuel Spence’s last will be overturned because he had disinherited a daughter who gave birth to a white man’s child.
Mr. Spence, who died alone in 2012, disowned his daughter when he found out she was carrying the infant. Instead, he left $400,000 to another daughter whom he barely knew in the U.K., largely out of anger and spite.
The court documents show that Mr. Spence and his daughter, Verolin, had an excellent relationship prior to 2002. The father supported his daughter throughout eight years of post-secondary education both in Canada and in the U.K. and was proud of her academic achievements.
Then, the court documents read:
“In September 2002, Verolin’s relationship with her father came to a dramatic end. She told her father that she was pregnant and that the father of her child was Caucasian. Her father exclaimed that he was ashamed of Verolin and from that point onwards, the deceased restricted his communication with her. He made it clear to Verolin, according to her affidavit, that he would not allow a white man’s child in his house.”
Mr. Spence refused all contact with his grandson, Alexander, who is now 11-years-old.
In fact, he referred to the child to a family friend as his daughter’s “bastard white son.”
Does it offend public policy that the deceased’s other daughter, Donna, should receive the entire estate simply because her children were fathered by a black man? That, in my view, offends not only human sensibilities but also public policy
The statement describes a lonely, angry man prone to fits of anger and abusive behaviour so intense that aid agencies stopped sending people to help him with his needs. He died of a stroke in 2012. Neither daughter attended his funeral.
Mr. Spence’s last will, signed on 2010, granted his assets to his eldest daughter, Donna, even though the two were largely estranged. Donna still lives in the U.K. and has made no appearances in relation to the proceedings.
On Tuesday, the Justice wrote: “It is clear and uncontradicted, in my view, that the reason for disinheriting Verolin, as articulated by the deceased, was one based on a clearly stated racist principle. Does it offend public policy that the deceased’s other daughter, Donna, should receive the entire estate simply because her children were fathered by a black man? That, in my view, offends not only human sensibilities but also public policy.”
Judge Gilmore divided Mr. Spence’s estate between the two daughters.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/0...erited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/
