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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was brought up in a European country where people cannot legally disinherit their children.

According to the law of that country, a certain percentage of an estate is to be reserved and shared EQUALLY among the children. I don't know how much the % is in 2022 but I think it used to be around 25%.
It is impossible by law to leave one or more children out of a will (bio children - I have no idea what the law says about stepchildren or adopted children).

Some parents will find ways to favor one child over another before they (the parents) die by paying for expensive home renovations, cars, vacations and other things. None of these examples are considered to be part of an estate (unless parents gifted a huge sum of money) so there may be little money left to share between all the children once the parents die.[/quote]

I am the PP of the post above. I've just looked it up and I found out that that the law changed in 2018. 
From 2018 the law in my country of origin says that AT LEAST 50% of someone's estate must go to the (bio) children, regardless of how many children there are, so at least 50% is to be shared among ALL children. 
There are separate rules for stepchildren.

In my country of origin the concept of parents leaving children out of their will is completely alien.[/quote]

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