One Death. Two Families. Florida Splits It 😳 Everybody assumes the wife gets everything when a husband dies. In Florida? Not always. Robert had two children with his wife — and two children outside the marriage nobody knew about. When he died with no will, Florida law didn’t care about secrets or feelings. The estate was split straight down the middle. The wife received 50%. ALL children — including the secret ones — shared the rest. This is something most people don’t realize until it’s too la