Therefore, wills must be made within the limitations set by Mississippi law. One important restriction prevents a testator from depriving his or her surviving spouse of a share of the property. According to Mississippi law, if the will of a husband or wife does not make any provision for the other, the survivor has the right to share in the estate of the deceased husband or wife. A wife, on the average, will outlive her husband by 8 years. At her death, the estate includes her own property and usually all or part of her husband's estate.
Children have no vested interest in their parents' property.
If you have children, any or all may be disinherited. Attorneys follow the practice of naming the children to show that the testator knew the natural objects of his bounty and had not forgotten any of them. Otherwise, a child could contest a will claiming his parent unintentionally omitted him. If a testator fails to provide in his will for any of his children, born or adopted after the execution of his will, the omitted child may claim, under certain conditions, a share in the estate equal in value to that which he would have received if the testator had died intestate. A holographic will does not have to be signed by witnesses.