Is It Legal For Me To Only Include My Children In My Will?
Is it legal for me to only include my children in my will?
You may want to leave something for your children in your will, but you don't want them to receive everything. So, is it legal to only include your children in your will, and not leave anything for anyone else?
Yes and no. It depends on the state you live in.
In some states, like Colorado, it's perfectly legal to have a will that leaves all of your assets to your children, leaving nothing for other family members or friends. In other states, like New York, you can still leave your children's property and money, but you can't specifically disinherit other people. In these states, if a person isn't named in the will, they won't automatically be disinherited—they can claim "intestate succession rights", which means that if you don't have a will naming them as a beneficiary (and you don't), they're entitled by law to inherit.
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