{"id":2439,"date":"2026-11-12T13:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawgicalcorp.com\/blog\/will-left-to-grandchildren-bc\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:48:29","slug":"will-left-to-grandchildren-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawgicalcorp.com\/blog\/will-left-to-grandchildren-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Will skipped you and left your share to the grandchildren: your rights in BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sundeep S. Grewal<\/a>, lawyer at Lawgical Law Corporation \u00b7 Reviewed November 12, 2026<\/p>\n

Sundeep S. Grewal is a lawyer at Lawgical Law Corporation, called to the BC bar in 2018, and a member of the Law Society of British Columbia<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Updated November 12, 2026: the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (ss. 60, 61) and the court decisions cited below checked that day.<\/em><\/p>\n

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You can still claim.<\/strong> A parent can’t meet their duty to you by leaving your share to your children instead.<\/p>\n

Grandchildren can’t bring a wills variation claim,<\/strong> even if their own parent died first.<\/p>\n

Deadline:<\/strong> 180 days from the grant of probate.<\/p>\n

What BC courts have said<\/a> \u00b7 Book a consultation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes a parent “skips a generation”: the will leaves a son his full share, but leaves a daughter’s share to her children instead, or puts it in trust for the grandchildren. The parent may have meant well, but in BC the child who was skipped can still bring a wills variation claim. BC courts have held that a will-maker can’t discharge the moral obligation owed to a child by giving the child’s share to grandchildren, and that no moral duty is owed to grandchildren themselves. Grandchildren, on the other hand, have no right to bring a wills variation claim at all, even where their own parent, the will-maker’s child, died before the will-maker. Only the will-maker’s spouse and children can claim. The claim must be started within 180 days of the grant of probate.<\/p>\n

Lawgical Law Corporation<\/a>, a probate and estate litigation law firm with offices in Surrey<\/a>, Abbotsford<\/a> and Vancouver, BC, acts in wills variation claims involving children and grandchildren; this guide is by Sundeep S. Grewal.<\/p>\n

What BC courts have said<\/h2>\n