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[quote=Anonymous]All the threads on inheritance, etc, has raised this. Recently, my mom told me that she doesn't know what to do with her will which is currently structured 50/50 between myself and my brother. She wants to give me more because I have 2 kids and a lower HHI than my brother, who has no kids and a healthy HHI (his wife is in finance) I understand that she wants to leave the $ for the kids and that she feels we could use it more, but at the same time I do not want this to be an issue between myself and my brother. We get along well and never have fought about stuff, but death of parents can do strange things.

I told my mom it would be better to be 50/50, particularly if my brother did have kids one day (possible--he is in his mid 40s, his wife is late 30s, she has had some eating disorders and is not yet ready to think about kids). But she is hung ho about doing something else. Maybe she can set up a trust divided equally between her grandchildren when they attain the age of majority--so  if my brother has kids he's be covered?

would love to know if anyone else has experienced this, or any creative solutions. [/quote]

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