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I served as executor of my father’s estate and had the “pleasure” of notifying his ex-wife that she was the beneficiary of an insurance policy that he had forgotten to change after his divorce (again, some states, but not all, now have statutes which can alleviate this problem, but best not to assume). (Forbes)

The law requires that the children and the spouse of the deceased are entitled to a part of the estate and cannot be forgotten or receive nothing. This amount is known as "reserved portion" and is there to ensure that those close to the testator will always receive a fraction of the estate. (Malta Family Law)

This was a common trick of other residents of the building, whenever they had forgotten their outside keys. (Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser)