when your parents get remarried ...

gratefulforhelp_2

If their kids are adults, then please see my original comment.

pigpen

.. leaving it all to the cats home makes it fair to everyone..

You do what you as parents think is best and provide for ALL your children equally.

mrsspendalot

elona wrote: »

Possibly parents are not "remarrying"" as in getting married to each other again.

Maybe Mum is marrying someone new and Dad is marrying someone new.

Even so, inheritance decisions are up to each parent to make - not the offspring.

This is how I've read it .... and my guess would be that the OP wants to know what happens to anything inheritance wise that would have gone to the children of the parents had they stayed together and both died .... would it now go to the new spouses, and what would happen to it after that??? Could be wrong though ...?

My cousin is an only child and her mum was single for most of her life. It was always an understood thing that she would inherit her mum's house, as there was no one else who could inherit it. With 10 years to go before retirement, her mum met and married again. My cousin's first question was about what would now happen to 'her' inheritance ... would she still get the house or would the new husband get it. Then once the new husband died, who would it then pass to - to her, or to his next of kin from his blood family, therefore bypassing her entirely event though it was always her mum's home. Perhaps the OP is wondering something similar?

Apricot

Deals wrote: »

should they leave anything to the kids of their first marriage and how would you sort it out that is makes it fair for everyone?

Entirely their own decision. Their kids from their first marriage may be complete horrorbags and undeserving of any kind of inheritance!

shellsuit

Deals wrote: »

should they leave anything to the kids of their first marriage and how would you sort it out that is makes it fair for everyone?

'You' wouldn't sort anything out.

It's nothing to do with you.

It's their money and upto them what they do with it.


How are you talking here though, as the parent or as the child? Your posts are very confusing!

74jax

Deals wrote: »

should they leave anything to the kids of their first marriage and how would you sort it out that is makes it fair for everyone?

I would think if I remarried and died then i'd leave the house etc to my new husband to live in and continue with his life.

I would leave 'something' to my daughter, although my husband would still be living so would need to stay in the house etc.

If I went on to have children with my new husband, then that child and my first daughter (from first marriage) would be treated exactly the same.

I'm not sure i'd like my children, whether from my first marriage or second asking about inheritance though..... but that might just be me.

I'm still not sure I understand your point on 'issues' though. What 'issues' are you meaning?

System

In my case it all goes to my witch of a stepmother (unless she croaks first). Though tbh he hasn't supported me at all through life so i never expected him to give a !!!! when writing his will.

Any

Deals wrote: »

should they leave anything to the kids of their first marriage and how would you sort it out that is makes it fair for everyone?

They should do what they think is best and what they want to do with the money.

One would have thought that they love all their children equally (or at least best to their ability, I know many siblings think there never is an equality), no matter who they have them with??? How does that make a difference?

And then lets say a 16 yr old going to college/uni/struggling to find job might need little more money then very well off married 30 yr old half sister (who also presumably got the education)..

It rarely is black and white. That is why firstly all children should learn that their parents money are not automatically their own money, whether before or after death!

tattycath

Personally, In my situation, myself and my husband both have children from previous relationships and having discussed this, we have decided to do an equal split between the children.

As others have posted though, it's entirely up to your parents what they want to do with their assetts (sp?)

Desperado99

It's entirely up to them.

I, for one, hope my dad has a long retirement and when he dies, leaves as little as possible - it's his money, I want him to enjoy it, not worry about leaving it to other people.