Stephen Coppinger: Mum broke her promise to leave me the farm

This situation is common in the context of a family farm, writes rural solicitor Stephen Coppinger.

This situation is common in the context of a family farm, writes rural solicitor Stephen Coppinger. File picture.

Dear Stephen, 

My mother passed away recently. The farm was owned by her and my late father in joint names so it passed to her when he passed away before her. Both of them always promised that the farm would be mine someday, as I left school after agricultural college and worked on the farm full-time for many years for very little pay.