[boefixepa]

If you have the money to pay you should, end of story IMHO. I think there is a major entitlement issue to deal with here. Let the kids earn their own money...where is the law that says parents have to leave their children XX amount of money or they are bad parents? Not saying it wouldn't be nice, but not at the expense of having to pay more in taxes on this end!

There are too many family issues over estates already, mostly just greeedy kids wanting their money ASAP and not really caring about the parents. Wanting them to hurry up and die so they can get their money. If you were told up front that whatever left was going to the church or to charity then you wouldn't be expecting it. That would solve quite a few family problems! I now of very few families that were pleased with how money was divided. Those I know had nothing to divide, those are the familes that stuck to gether. I know families which were destroyed by it....make is wonder if blood really is thicker than money.