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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
So another hypothetical question then. What if the person is still alive but they give a chunk of their wealth to their kids based purely on discriminatory reasons? I've seen a lot of Asian families who give a disproportionate amount to their sons vs. their daughters while they are still alive. Their thinking is, the daughter gets taken care of by the husband, while the son has to take care of his wife and family. Plus they pass on their family name. Can the daughters sue their parents and force them to give them equally?
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It would be very difficult to over-turn inter vivos gifts - you would have to establish some kind of fraud, undue influence or unjust enrichment. This is probably a technique some families use to avoid wills variation.
Again, I want to emphasize, you are pretty much free to do what you want with your $, with only a few limits and rare exceptions.