How do I word a legal guarantee that my sister’s children will be given our mother’s rings when our other sister dies?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

There is a very tense relationship between sisters at this point there is only a verbal promise

ATTORNEY ANSWER BY MARGARET L. CROSS-BELIVEAU:

The inheritance of the rings will governed by your sister’s Last Will and Testament. If she wants her nieces to inherit her rings, it should be written into her Will.

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