Dear Eric: My wife and I will soon receive a small inheritance from the death of one of my relatives. Since we do not need most of this money, we have decided to distribute it among our children and grandchildren.

Here is the problem: my son’s wife had a daughter years before she married my son. We see this person about two or three times a year.

In your opinion, is she entitled to receive the same amount of money from this inheritance as my other grandchildren? Also, is she considered to be a step-grandchild?

— Gift Giver

Dear Giver: No one is entitled to the money, no matter their relationship with you and your wife. The money is yours to do with as you please, and so you ought to consider where and with whom it can do the most good. Also consider how the dynamic within the family wo

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