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Has anyone ever heard of a situation where the deceased changed the will to leave everything to a charity or organization, and nothing to their children?   Are there any grounds for the children to contest the will?[/quote]

My dad left everything to Joel Osteen and have his kids about 10k each. It wouldn’t have been so insane if it hadn’t been a 10m estate. He was left 5m by his parents (he was an only child) with the instructions that he should “provide for his family.” We just laugh about it now. [b]This is why I feel strongly that grandparents should provide for grandchildren and not just their children (at least if their intent is that their money be passed down)[/b]. [/quote]

I have a friend whose parents did that and her brother is suing because he has no children.  The parents left their estate 50% to their children and 50% to their grandchildren.  My friend is extremely upset by it.  [/quote]

What does he think would be equitable?[/quote]

What if he has kids of his own later? Then they get nothing because they weren’t born yet.

What’s equitable is, if you have two kids and one has kids and one doesn’t, you divide the estate into two. Half goes into a trust for one kid. Another half goes into another trust for the other kid. The trusts are written so that whatever is left when the kid dies, goes to HiS kids, the grandkids. If the other kid never has kids, the the trust can have a clause that whatever is left in his trust when he dies goes to his nieces and nephews.[/quote]

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