US EditionAsking Eric: Do My Children Still Deserve a Part of My Estate After Estrangement?
- A couple who just turned 80 began estate planning while in good health, considering donations and dividing assets equally among their children despite estrangement.
- They faced complexity because the husband maintains a good relationship with his two children, but the speaker's children became estranged over recent years.
- During a year when friends were away, the speaker mowed and trimmed their lawn until their home sold, but pool invitations rarely came despite the effort.
- The speaker believes that unpaid labor deserved compensation and advises verbalizing expectations, quoting, "if they didn't care for me when I was alive, don't pretend to care in my death."
- They plan to give their children a small token amount to express continuing care but also consider the act potentially vindictive and suggest discussing intentions before death.
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Asking Eric: Do my children still deserve a part of my estate after estrangement?
Dear Eric: My husband and I just turned 80. We are in good health but began talking about estate planning. We each have two children from previous marriages, and at first this was an easy fix. After considering donating to nonprofits, we thought the rest of our assets would be equally divided among our children.
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