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Originally Posted by Toast_Man
I have to know, what's something that would come up from a Will Kit that would put beneficiaries out hundreds of thousands of dollars?
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Not necessarily related to will kits, more just a poorly written will, but I know of a situation where beneficiaries were named specifically rather than in a more generic, inclusive way (i.e. Person A, Person B, Person C get $100K vs. my grandchildren each receive $100K). But the will was about 15-20 years out out of date by the time the person died, so the grandchildren born before the will was written were each entitled to $100K or so, while the ones born a year or two after the will was written were entitled to nothing.
It all got settled amicably with the decedent's children reducing their shares of the estate slightly so all the grandchildren received inheritances, but in a more contentious scenario the youngest grandchildren would have gotten nothing while their older siblings got significant sums. Any competent lawyer would have highlighted that possibility, but someone relying on a will kit might never think of it.