When writing your Will, if you leave the residue of your estate to your children your step children will not be provided for. The reason for this is because step children do not come into the definition of children for the purposes of writing a Will. However, if you do have step children you can specify that they receive the residue of your estate.
#1 by Bill Ryan on June 20, 2010 - 1:36 pm
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This is important and actually happens a lot in second marriages where jointly owned property passes to the surviving spouse and to their children leaving nothing for the children of the first deceased parent.