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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This might sound cold, but realistically FIL will be remarried by this time next year.

The new wife’s family will inherit everything and FIL’s kids will get nothing given his aversion for paperwork. Most likely new wife will be slightly younger than FIL and will outlive him, so his assets will become her assets. [/quote]

This is so cold and cynical. And yet I've seen it happen twice in my extended family. One time it was really ugly because the new-wife's children inherited a lot of art and jewelry and heirlooms, and the old-wife's children had to go begging to have things returned. New-wife's children lorded it over the others for years.

If your spouse is really concerned, OP, then I think they need to do all the legwork. Draw up the will, make the appointment to see the lawyer, whatever. Then they just have to drive their dad to the office that day and sign the papers. You cant expect FIL to actually *do* anything. Maybe they could frame it in terms of specific things like "we want to make sure mom's antique X collection stays in the family beyond a shadow of a doubt" or "we want to make sure grandbaby Larlo can grow up in the family home" rather than in terms of cash. [/quote]

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