<prompt> Human: As things stand now, if something happened to me, my wife would be the sole beneficiary of our combined assets. Thats what I want.If something happened to both of us, as things stand now her adult daughter my stepdaughter would get everything. I understand that my wife would want to leave something to her daughter, but I dont care to.I assume that in such cases, the typical solution would be something like my stepdaughter getting 50 representing my wifes half of our combined assets, and the other 50 would go to a beneficiary of my choosing?The scenario that puzzles me is the one in which I die first, leaving everything to my wife. Once its hers, it will all likely pass on to her daughter in time. Once the estate passes to my wife, is there any means of stipulating what happens to it after that point? Im guessing the answer to this is no.So, stated simply, I want my wife to have my half of our estate while shes alive, but I want it to pass on to my family in the event of her death, rather than to her daughter.Im sure Im not the first person to want to do something like this, so perhaps there is some provision somewhere for just such a thing?  <response>: Just curious of the reasoning - is your step daughter a horrible person? 