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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting thread b/c I may will likely inherit 2ish million (hopefully not for a LONG time!) and I have been told I am the heir . . . and if I die, my child is the next in line.  NOT my husband.  I suppose we'll cross this bridge when we come to it - and again, I hope not for a VERY LONG TIME![/quote]

This is how my MIL has her will set up. I'm very close with her (she even had me look at the will before she signed bc I'm a lawyer). I would never expect any money or property to come to me. [b]She has a ton of jewelry and again, I expect it all to go to sil [/b]and that's fine. I hope she would set aside a few pieces for my dd but that's not my call and I certainly don't worry about it. It's not my family's money so I have no say.[/quote]

As the mother of two boys, I've wondered about this myself (even though my death is, I hope, far off in the future  :wink:).  I have some pieces of nice/expensive jewelry and it is hard to imagine that I would will them to a DIL unless we have a great/close relationship (such that even if there were a divorce I'd be comfortable with the jewelry following DIL out of the family).  My mom died a couple of years ago and left her jewelry to her three daughters and some things to granddaughters - but she also left one piece to my SIL, to whom she was not particularly close (and my brother, SIL's DH, was awful to my mom in her last years).  My two sisters and I were irritated by this.

Moms of only boys - have you given any thought to this?[/quote]

Yes, because my DH's grandmother died recently and, to my surprise, she had chosen a piece of jewelry for me.  She was a much-loved and respected matriarch of the family.  My MIL and SIL got the majority of the jewelry understandably but she had also picked out a piece for every female grandchild and grandchild's spouse as well as her daughter-in-law.  We were all very touched and I will always treasure the piece. She wasn't particularly close to any of the ILs but she cared about all of us.  What a lovely way to be remembered![/quote]

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