UK woman’s £500,000 inheritance battle after boyfriend claims secret marriage

A family inheritance dispute in the UK has ended with a High Court ruling against a man who claimed he had secretly married his dying partner in Cyprus and was entitled to her fortune of more than £500,000, as reported by The Independent. Cengiz Arif produced a marriage certificate and a later will that supposedly left him the entire estate of Kassy Sinar, who died of breast cancer aged 46.

However, her family challenged both documents, prompting an investigation into their authenticity. The judge ultimately found that the marriage certificate and the 2023 will were forged, upholding Sinar's earlier will that secured the inheritance for her teenage daughter.Mother's death leaves £500,000 estate for teenage daughter amid family disputeKassy Sinar, who ran a cleaning business, died in October 2023 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

She was 46. Her daughter, Jocey, was 14 when she lost her mother.