Asking Eric: Husband and wife divided over estranged stepchildren’s inheritance ‘My husband becomes increasingly angry with my children with each passing year and holidays’ ...

A reader in her 80s thinks her children deserve a token inheritance — but her husband thinks his stepchildren are too terrible to deserve it.

Asking Eric: He says the stepchildren don’t deserve anything. I think that sounds mean. Plus: The neighbors are stingy with invitations to their pool ...

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Asking Eric helps one reader balance inheritance and estrangement, while another questions unspoken expectations after a long unpaid favor.

Asking Eric helps one reader balance inheritance and estrangement, while another questions unspoken expectations after a long unpaid favor.

Advice Asking Eric: Husband and wife divided over estranged children’s inheritance Published: Jun. 27, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

Dear Eric: My husband and I just turned 80. We are in good health but began talking about estate planning. We each have two children from previous marriages, and at first this was an easy fix.

Advice Asking Eric: Do my children still deserve a part of my estate after estrangement? Published: Jun. 27, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

Dear Eric: While our friends were away for a year, I responded to their request to mow and trim their lawn until their home was sold. It never sold and I mowed the lawn for a year.

Thompson High School volleyball's veteran head coach, Lisa Strand, added another accolade to her decorated career on Wednesday evening in Rapid City, S.D.