Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey
do both siblings in a will have to be treated equal in new jersey
in this case my wife and her brother.
but my wife is stated as a managed trust and her brother is not a trust and receives his half of the estate to do as he pleases, this was set up this way because my wife cannot manage money
3 Answers from Attorneys
The siblings will be treated as per the instructions in the will. They do not both need to receive the money outright if the will directs otherwise.
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No.
The testator is free to provide equal or unequal distributions in his Will as he pleases...or to provide that one child's share is held in trust while another child's share is paid outright.
Siblings need not be treated equally or even receive equal shares. You expressed sufficient reason why the parents might have considered different ways of handling their estate.
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