Small Deathbed Gift - Affects Will?
A bit before my mother passed, she visited me in Europe, and had a few hundred leftover euros when she left. When she was in hospice, she gifted me her travel wallet with the leftovers to take back home. It was quite a sweet moment.
My sibling, the executor of her estate, managed to count how much money it was and is now planning on taking the amount out of the division of the (small) estate between the siblings.
Other siblings received gifts at this time too, but they weren't money so it's not a concern for the estate executor.
This feels petty and insane, but I'd love to know if it's even legal. Does it work like that? I'd love to have some source that says that gifts given before one passes don't count against one's share of the will.
I don't want to start a legal battle over like 200 euros, but on principal I don't want to just agree here.
I am hoping that just some proof that this is not how it works will be enough. I haven't been able to find something during my google search so far, and I would love any help!