Consider the following scenario: Jacob and his late wife had three children; one daughter and two sons. They lived together in the family home in Victoria, British Columbia. When his wife passed away, both sons moved out to live on their own while Jacob continued to live with his daughter. Then, two years following his wife’s death, Jacob lost his battle with cancer. In his Will, he named his daughter as his sole beneficiary. The basis for his decision to do this, thereby excluding his sons from his estate, was that his daughter had nursed and supported him physically and emotionally during his illness, in the manner which he felt that a committed, loving child should.