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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My in laws set up a trust that upon the death of both of them the balance would be divided equally among their four children.  Long before their deaths they began giving maximum annual gifts to their children and their grandchildren and even to their one great grandchild.  Over time this reduced the size of the estate by a couple million dollars.  The thing was:  we had more kids than all the other siblings combined AND the great grandchild AND we made much more money than the others AND the in laws knew all of this and did it anyway.

No one cared because everyone view the money as belonging to the parents to do with it as they saw fit.  [/quote]

Because ultimately it is pretty sad if you get mad at your parents for how they distribute their money.  Sure you try not to play favorites, but if one kid/grandkids need the help more than others, it's in their prerogative to distribute money just like that.  Or also their choice to give 1/(number of their own kids) amount to "each family" or to give 1/(number of kids + GK+GGK) to each person.  A parent's money is not yours to worry about.

Who knows, maybe the kid/gK they give more to is one who visits them weekly, or calls weekly or helps whenever asked(and others do not)

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