This was an interesting article that brought out a great deal of emotion and personal stories from people who are, or have been affected by this issue. A person with terminal cancer has posted about her pending decison, another man posted that his wife has continued emotional/mental problems because she was cut out of her father’s will, etc. I posted my situation as a cautionary tale to those who would not divide an estate equally among children. And then you posted suggesting that I had children and spent time with my father-in-law during holidays as a means to get an inheritance. The giving of an inheritance is tied to love and emotion in many ways...to ignore that is to ignore reality. That is why we generally leave our estates to family members rather than a bum on the street. To be left out of a will as a child is a powerful and hurtful thing. When the intestate succession statute would give you more of your father’s estate than his will, it is a hurtful thing. The purpose of my post was to let people who haven’t experienced it know that and to encourage people drafting wills to treat their children equally.
I would trade everything that they may have at their time of death for just one more day of life.