{"id":14440,"date":"2021-12-06T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T20:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=14440"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T20:30:49","slug":"a-son-in-law-bypass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/a-son-in-law-bypass\/","title":{"rendered":"A Son-in-Law Bypass?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In his early 19th century will, a Maryland ancestor appears to disinherit a daughter when he leaves everything to her two children and appoints a guardian for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The man writing the will might have not so much been disinheriting the daughter as he was avoiding a son-in-law. In the very early 1800s, when this will was written, a man would be able to exercise control over real property that his wife inherited. By leaving the real estate to his daughter’s children, and appointing a guardian, the testator was providing for the children while circumventing the son-in-law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


And you thought that only people today who had to use creative ways to get around things.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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