“And to my beloved wife, I leave… whatever the statute was going to give her anyway.”
From Chapter 9, “If You Die Married,” of The Marriage Contract, 2027, which reads the law of marriage as the prenup every married couple already has.
Relatives in black sit in a half circle in a lawyer's wood-paneled office as the lawyer reads a will. The widow, at one end, looks calm and holds a thin booklet marked Probate Code.
