How can I divide my estate fairly between daughters and grandchildren?

You divide equally between your three daughters.

In my family people split their estates equally between their children, nothing to great/ grandchildren. It's the only way to be fair and not cause resentment.

You need to completely disregard the financial situations of your children. People can lose jobs or become ill for example and lose their well-off lifestyles. Or people who might not own a home by middle-age because they were lazy and pissed around their whole life shouldn't be rewarded for their lack of effort. Or people's marriages can break down causing changes in financial circumstances. Just examples of what can happen.

For that type of reason do an equal split between your 3 daughters and let them decide if they want to give any to their own children. Otherwise you could be causing all sorts of problems.

People can become very angry and resentful if they perceive even the tiniest bit of favouritism in a Will, I've seen it happen many times.

Dear heavens, why would you leave nothing to two daughters? How would you have felt if your mother had done that to you?

This! I don’t understand people who leave money to grandchildren, surely by splitting it equally between your own children they will then leave it to their children anyway?

split into thirds. 33% to each daughter.

It’s the fairest way.

Given there are unlikely to be any further grandchildren, I think splitting into 4 with 1/4 to each daughter and the remaining 1/4 split between the grandchildren sounds like a fair option. Or if you think the grandchildren would benefit more than the married with DC daughters then maybe 1/4 to unmarried DD, 1/8 to each of the married DD''s and remaining 1/2 split equally among the grandchildren.

More likely to spend it on care in later life without any family help.

it is far more helpful for a young adult to receive money now, than wait until they’re much older.

Just split it equally between your three DD, anything else is unfair. It's irrelevant how wealthy each of them is individually.

My DM died recently and me and my siblings got an even split of her estate despite them both being much better off financially than me. I wouldn't have expected or wanted anything else.

One of my siblings passed her share onto their DC as they didn't really need it. Your DD have the option to do that if they want.

Leave your estate divided equally between your 3 daughters.

The ones who are parents will pass their share down in turn, or may give it straight away.

Your daughter with no children does not deserve to see bigger shares go to her sisters’ families.

Split between the three daughters but with equal sized cash gifts to each grandchild, that’s the only way to avoid and ill feeling once you’re gone. Is the third daughter likely to leave her share to her nephews and nieces?

Another vote for a three-way split between daughters. Anything else is unfair

Divide it equally between your daughters and then a small but meaningful amount to the grandchildren.
That's worked in our family

Divide inheritance equally between your children.

Gift grandchildren more personal items eg jewellery but no financial gains - give that to your children.

Leave to your DC with token amounts to each GC. I know lots of families with an unexpected late arrival GC, would be very unfair to them if their siblings/ cousins all had a substantial inheritance and they had nothing.

Divide your estate in to 4, a 1/4 each to daughters and 1/4 between your DGC as a token amount. I don’t think you should skip your daughters in favour for you DGC

I agree with this - I would divide equally between your 3 daughters. The grandchildren will get their inheritance from their own parents when the time comes.

You have three children- so split everything equally between your three daughters.
that is the only way to avoid conflict and resentment.
they can each then gift money or will money to their own children.

Leave equal shares to your children. It’s up to them to leave money to their children, your grandchildren. That is so much fairer than trying to spread it out between your children and grandchildren.

Divide between your 3 children. They can gift amounts they want to their own children.

If you want those 2 left nothing to feel like they don’t matter forever, crack on. I’d personally leave it to my DC equally. GC maybe a token amount. Their inheritance will come later. Do not leave out some children.

I’m one of two. I have a child and my sister does not. I’d feel it unfair if our parent left 1/3 each. It should be split equally between us two and my child can have a share of mine from me.
Why should my sister get less because she couldn’t have kids?

Why would you not give to the married daughters?