ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
I am currently engaged and my fiancée lives with me. I would like to have a document that states she can live in the house for up to a year, should I die before her, and after that my children would get the estate.
ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU:
Yes, you can give her the right to live in the house in your will. That is common. However, you also have to consider the question of who will be responsible for the upkeep of the house during that year. Once you are married, she will have spousal rights so she could elect against the will to have a life estate in the real estate.
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