<prompt> Human: I hope this is the correct sub. My mother-in-law visited last week and asked for our input on how she should structure her will. She has three children my husband and his two siblings from her first marriage. After their divorce, she married her current husband, he has no children of his own. They have been married for 20 years. MIL comes from a very successful ranching family and she is in a position to inherit significant money, likely in the next several years. Stepfather will not inherit much from his parents. This is where it gets confusing for us: he has 5 nephews that he would like to have inherit his moneyland. She asked us how we feel this should be handled. Stepfather has suggested splitting all money 8 ways his 5 nephews and her 3 children. My husband really dislikes his stepfather hes an alcoholic, was abusive early in their marriage but realizes that theyve been together for a long time now. Its a strange position for us because we did not anticipate shed ask our opinion. We have enough money, but obviously any inheritance would be helpful to our two children down the road. His two siblings could definitely use any inheritance they can get. Is there a way for MIL to structure her inheritance so it eventually passed to her children only, or a percentage to her children and a percentage to his nephews, etc?  <response>: How many nieces and nephew does your MIL have through her siblings?If the stepfather had 3 kids would he still want to give nieces and nephews as much as his kids? Probably not.Its not even his money for goodness sake!!! If theres a lot to go around, Id give a token to the nieces and nephew... but I think the MILs money should go to her kids. The nieces and nephews will inherit from their parents. 