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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not read all the responses, but I don't think it is fair to the extent that it makes the amount allocated to each child and their family unequal to another child and her family. For example, I have 1 sibling, and he has 3 kids and I have 2 kids.  My parents will leave everything to my sib and I 50/50 - and if for some reason they left it to the grandkids, they would leave 50% of their estate to be split evenly between my kids (so each would get 25%) and the other 50% to be split evenly among my sib's 3 kids (so each would get ~ 18%). Compare that to DH who also has one sibling, but my IL's plan to leave everything to their grandkids which will mean that my 2 kids will each get 1/6th of their estate and my SIL's 4 kids will also each get 1/6th - but meaning it would be like they gave 1/3rd of their estate to DH and 2/3rds to his sister - that last part is what makes it unfair to me. [/quote]

Money left to your kids is not "like" money left to you, because your kids are separate people.  Each grandchild gets the same amount, which seems fair to me.  If they left 1/3 to your husband and 2/3 to his sister, that would be lopsided, but they aren't.  They aren't leaving any of it to either of them.  [/quote]

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