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Having aWillis crucial in life.
Its meant to ease the burden on your family.
But sometimes, it does the opposite.
A dad reached out to an online community recently,wonderingif hed done the right thing.
He said he runs a very successful business and owns a couple of expensive houses.
He has two children from his first marriage.
And a stepson from his second.
The man said hed always intended to leave most of his assets to his biological kids.
And told them hell be leaving their inheritance to his stepson instead.
The kids were not impressed.
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Hed moved on and was remarried.
It makes you want to hold others accountable for violating deeply held values.
Ratson cautioned that anger itself is not the problem.
How the anger is processed and expressed is what can cause problems, he said.
But the man said he faced massive backlash from his kids after telling them about his decision.
They accused him of beingheartless and cruel.
And that made him even more angry.
He told his kids that his stepson was more of a child to him than they were.
In retrospect, he wondered if hed gone too far.
Majority of Redditors believe he was.
Patrick Hicksis Head of Legal at Trust And Will and is a seasoned estate planning attorney.
Hicks says sometimes it makes sense to cut your children out of your will.
For example, if youre estranged.
But he warns it sends a very strong and clear message.
Its not a decision you should ever take lightly.
And probably something you might want to give a lot of thought to.
In the case of the original poster, he was still in contact with his biological children.
But I dont want much of a relationship with them either.
Simply omitting their name is not enough.
But CanadasOnyx Law Groupwarned that spite is not a valid reason for disinheriting a child.
The rest was given to charities.
The woman marched straight to court.
The court found her mother had no connection with the charities.
But did find evidence that shed acted spitefully towards her daughter.
The daughter ended up receiving 40% of the residue of her mothers estate.
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