Nebraska, for example, imposes an inheritance tax on adult children when their inheritances exceed $100,000. In Kentucky, nephews and nieces only receive a $1,000 exemption.

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Even so, children do in some cases have the right to take their parents to task over their inheritance. "We are seeing a rise in unequal wills, and usually for good reasons where one sibling may ...