If you can refer to my other post it tells a more full story. It is true she was not on the deed. He bought the home on a VA loan a few years prior to their marriage, but they paid it off and lived in it together for 40 years. I don't believe that wills fall under contract law so a missing word should not derail the will if the intent is clear. I am not an attorney, but every normal ending path in both wills ended with a distribution of the property 5 equal shares, 1 to each child.
