[Update] Woman has come forward claiming she had a child with my late father to try and obtain a cut of his estate

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Edit: Opps, forgot original post. My bad

Seeing as the last post I made got popular thought I would come back and give an update. As much as I wish this ended dramatically with SD getting arrested or embarrassed in court i'm sad to say this isn't the case.

So after I sent SD the text telling her to stop contacting me she began to blow my phone up with voice mails and texts. I saved them all obviously and forwarded them to my fathers attorney. The day after I made my first post my attorney had a letter sent to SD. Won't post the letter here but i'll paraphrase to the best of my ability while trying to interpret all the legal talk

"If you believe your child's claim to my clients estate is legitimate please submit to a DNA test as your earliest convenience. If an independent DNA test confirms your claims of my clients paternity to your child we will see to having him compensated as according to local laws for the requested child support. On the claim of getting a potion of the estate, my client specified in his will that his estate would be left to his children FakeFather21 and Sister. Unless you are able to provide the letter of recognition as you stated in my office on the 22nd we will consider that your child was either disowned or unacknowledged by my client and will proceed as such. If you are unable to provide the claimed letter I advise you seek legal council of your own.

On the topic of you continued contact with my clients benefactors I suggest you cease it immediately. They have made it clear that they do not wish to associate with you outside of legal dealings. If you continue to contact them I have recommended they take legal action against you"

The best part has to be how he ended it however

"If there is the possibility that your claims of my clients paternity to your child are misinformed or fraudulent I suggest you admit to this and cease contact with me and my clients. If you continue these action under false claims not only will you be receiving a bill for my time, I will suggest that my clients take legal action against you."

While this was going on my sister tracked down SB's parents and got into contact with them. It turns out that SB has not had contact with her parents in multiple years, but that is not the important part. Apparently this is not the first time she has done this. Apparently she pulled the same stunt with another man when this kid was born 9 years ago and got paid off to leave him alone. I also forwarded this to my attorney

So fast forward to this morning when I get a call from my attorney. SB is retracting her statements claiming she "misunderstood" the situation and no longer believes her son is my fathers kid.

So yeah, no big dramatic ending sadly but I guess this is over. Thanks for the advice originally. I know some people were asking why I came here when I already had an attorney, and to be honest I see where you guys are coming from. I was pretty stressed and with this woman trying to steal what my father had worked his whole life for I really just needed a place to vent and look for advice on what I should do. Thanks for that.