6 mos ago i married a man with 4 grown children. he is making a new will. what is fair with 600,000 estate?

all of the children, 35 and older, and myself are healthy and able. my husband is 62 and i am 50. two of the children are his deceased wife's from a previous marriage. They were 2 and 4 when couple met. my husband raised them as his own but did not adopt them. I would like to know what the law says is fair and what anyone else may think is fair. Current lawyer thinks each child should get 100,000 dollars. is that fair?

Answer:
I guess I'm not sure why it has to be fair.

It only has to be what your husband wants to do with his estate.

$100,000 is extremely generous. Leaving this for his children would be highly considerate of him (at least from their perspective - maybe not yours).

I don't think the law says anything about "fairness". I think it says that if he doesn't leave a will then it all goes to you.otherwise, whatever he says in his will is what the law agrees with.
it is his will, he can do whatever he wants.
Why not, he raised the children so obiously they think of him as their Dad. Its fair.Why are you so worried?
This is all very subjective. Quite frankly, business is business, and crap on what his lawyer thinks. The law actually does not think in these matters. Damn the background on the kids. You are going from 50 to 0. He should leave you enough to handle 0 if he can afford it ! Suppose you become very ill when you are 60 ? The kids ought to be able to make their own life at age 35, or he was not much of a parent. If he is healthy, he should be able to buy you a $ 1 M life insurance policy.

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