This is just FYI
In California, many years ago my father was married to my step mother. I was an only child, she had three children by a former marriage, all adults. My father's intent was that when both he and his wife were gone their estate would be split equally among the four of us. They did not have a Trust. He had a Will. His Will stated that his entire estate would go to his wife if she survived him by 30 days or more. If not, the estate would go to us "kids" in equal shares. Well, he died and she survived him so the estate became hers. She died two years later. It was after her death that I found out she had set up a Living Trust after his death and the beneficiaries of "her trust" were her children. I was not even mentioned at all one way or another. I was curious, wondered why she had not carried out his wishes etc. but bottom line, what she did was legal.
Her children were not as successful in life as I have been. Maybe that is why she did that. I will never know. However, I can live knowing I have never inherited a penny from anyone and have done it all myself better than I could acting like many people I see on this forum who obviously are consumed with greed. I sleep well at night.
I believe that unearned money breeds evil in a whole lot of people. Anyway, I thought my little story might help the OP who started this thread. If not, I am sorry I butted in.