My Young Daughter Will Have Millions When She Turns 18. My Husband Is Already Telling Her How to Spend It.

Pay Dirt July 27, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Yuliia Kaveshnikova/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, My husband “Theo” and I have been married for three years. I have a daughter, “Jade,” who is 10 from my first marriage and Theo has an 11-year-old daughter, “Lisa,” from his previous marriage. Jade’s father, my late husband, passed away in an auto accident six years ago. Her grandparents (my late husband’s parents) recently made a tidy profit from investments and created a trust fund for her worth several million dollars that she will receive when she turns 18. My husband has strong opinions about this money. Theo has been grumbling that Jade’s grandpare