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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep this is the only way I've seen it happen in divorced families.

The worst in when the mom (who had died) was the breadwinner or had a lot of inheritance from her family. Her biological kids get nothing and the dad's new wife and child get all her money. At the time of mom's death, her will specified that everything went to her husband and then to kids after his death. But he remarried and had more kids who got everything. My mom didn't even get her mom's engagement ring or some other heirlooms from her grandparents that she knows her mom would have wanted her to have. [/quote]

Skip the spouse and give to bio kids. [/quote]

You have to set up an estate plan / will to do this, though.  Default is that everything goes to your spouse.  And also, do you not want to favor your spouse over your child?

I've thought about this a bit.  We are equal breadwinners. I die young, I want my money to go to my spouse first, so he can have a good retirement (even if he remarries). Really, I want him to have whatever he needs & wants.  But when he passes, I want "my portion" of whatever was left of my estate to go directly to my child, or at least for my child to get a fair deal. So far I've made my wishes known and told my husband it is on him to do a prenup / estate plan if he ever remarries.  He's a good guy, and I trust he'll do it, but... [/quote]

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