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How to include chosen family in inheritance and estate planning

I want to include my chosen family in my will but I'm not sure how to legally designate these relationships or what my biological family will think.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Legal systems designed around biological relationships create complications for recognizing chosen family as legitimate inheritors.

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“Where Are You with LGBTQ+ chosen family tradition?”

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