Asking Eric: Honoring wife’s last wishes for her nasty niece leaves a bad taste in my mouth

Asking Eric: Honoring wife’s last wishes for her nasty niece leaves a bad taste in my mouth

Dear Eric: When my wife and I updated our wills, she designated a diamond tennis bracelet and diamond stud earrings to her niece (she had no biological children of her own). Later that month my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to which she would succumb 19 months later. My daughter (my wife’s stepdaughter) is a radiation oncologist and became our daily advocate as we navigated the byzantine world of cancer treatment.

Undeserving Beneficiary in His Wife’s Will

In her will, a woman gave her niece receive her diamond tennis bracelet, but the niece was an undeserving beneficiary. Can the husband renege?