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07.10.2023 - 01:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman whose father walked out on her before she was born was shocked to discover she’s in line to inherit his land and property in Italy. Dental nurse Amy Fabris told how her pregnant mum was left penniless when her dad Giampietro kidnapped her older brother and fled to his native country.
Decades went by without any contact before a surprise message in 2020 informing the 49-year-old that her dad had died from covid. In a twist of fate, it was later revealed that the 72-year-old was living in Wembley, north west London, at the time of his death - just a 90 minute drive away from his estranged daughter.
After failing to leave a will, Brent Council hired a firm called Finders International to track down his long lost relatives, the Mirror reports. Her father was unmarried at the time of his death, which meant Amy and her brother were entitled to all of his assets - and this includes land and a flat located in Vicenza, between Venice and Verona in Italy.
Amy and her mother had been living in Zimbabwe when her father abandoned them. She had no idea he was living in the UK. Amy, from Bournemouth, said: “We were shocked to hear our dad was living in the same country as us, decades after no contact. He was unknown and the memories that existed were not pleasant.
“My father only brought hardship to my mother's life, having left us penniless when I was born." The Italian estate has been transferred to Amy and her brother - but it's going to be a lengthy process, involving local solicitors in Italy, before she receives any money.
The costs so far on the Italian side are around EUR3,000 in solicitors fees and the next stage is for the property to be sold off, which could take between six months to a year. The estate itself has also
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