Can my husband leave all our estate to just 3 out of our 4 children?
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Can my husband leave all our estate to just 3 out of our 4 children?
Asked on July 27, 2013 under Estate Planning, Nebraska
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
It depends. If you pre-decease him, anything in the will in which he names his three children and specifically leaves out the fourth could be upheld. The issue will be whether any of this property will automatically pass to your fourth child as an automatic beneficiary.
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