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This bygone inheritance strategy is making a comeback

Unborn children and grandchildren are taking precedence over everyone else as blended families raise the stakes in estate planning.

Wealthy will makers are creating “bloodline trusts” to keep inheritance to their direct blood relatives – including unborn children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The interests of unborn family members are taking precedence in estate planning over children who have become family members in new relationships, says lawyers.

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