maggie&marlin
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- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
A man and woman made their wills at the same time, the woman wanted to make sure her 7 adult kids got the house when their mother died...the woman died first and everything except the house was left to her second husband the late wife when she died said that her second husband could stay in the house as long as he wanted and he was totally responsible for the maintenance and upkeep and repairs for the house, also the taxes but the house was paid for from a settlement the late wife received from when her first husband died in a semi accident and it was the companies fault that he drove for. Her will was never recorded at the Court House so only 2 siblings and the husband ever read it. Now 10 years later the husband died and at that time a lady was living with him, when he died he and the lady had been together for 5 and a half years. One of the adult step-daughters was made durable power of attorney by the mother and the husband's will used the same, who was his adult step-child, as durable power of attorney in his will. Could the deceased man have changed the will so he could add his live-in lady friend so she would not have been left with nothing? Would the 7 adult step-kids be able to keep him from changing the will or have a say in how it was changed?