How to protect DD in my will?

[JustOneDD]

I need to write my will and I have one DD with my DH. I have seen a lot of threads where children are cut out of inheriting as a result of a father remarrying after the death of the other mother and the father then passing away with everything left to the second wife. Is there a way of preventing this from happening other than passing everything to my DD on my death instead of my DH? I also feel like the risk is greater on my death than my DH’s as he could go on to have further children whereas I can’t. Any bright ideas the MN community has come across?!

Family trust is the way to go. It also protects her in the event of divorce as the trust stays with her and the ex can’t have any of it. I’ve got one set up for my daughters.

Have a chat to solicitor/will writer believe Mumblechum is recommended on here.

But if you own a property you can hold it as tenants in common then you can leave your share of the property to your daughter and your husband can have a life interest so that he can stay in the property.

You need to seek legal advice, but the way I understand it is that anything left to a person in your will goes to them, and they choose who it is passed on to.

So, in my case, everything went to my stepdad when my Mum died. They promised each other that they'd split the inheritance equally between me, Sister and Step-Brother. Both wills were written to show this. But legally my Step-Dad can change it when he wants, I trust that this is unlikely to happen, but its not something I can control.

A solicitor can come up with options such as you leave everything yo your child but give Husband the right to live in the house as long as he wants. But if he moves out, it's hers. But solicitor will know more about that.