How to write a Will Blog » Estate and Residue http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog For everything about Will writing Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:18:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Are step children included when leaving the residue of my estate to ‘my children’? http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/2009/11/are-step-children-included-when-leaving-the-residue-of-my-estate-to-my-children/ http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/2009/11/are-step-children-included-when-leaving-the-residue-of-my-estate-to-my-children/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:25:53 +0000 Mark http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/?p=37 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.

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