In the state of California can you have one adult child as a beneficiary if you have three others?
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In the state of California can you have one adult child as a beneficiary if you have three others?
I know someone who has 4 kids and she’s leaving everything to one adult child and I didn’t know if there was a law against that in the state of California.
Asked on June 17, 2009 under Insurance Law, California
Answers:
L.M., Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
In California as in all other states, you can leave your assets to whomever you like, even to just one of your children. There is no law against it. But, to be clear, an estate attorney would tell the willmaker to name all the children and indicate that nothing is to be left to Child A, B and C, but only to Child D.
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