A ‘floozy clause’ in a will: Can you really protect your money from the grave?

April 26, 2026 — 3:00am

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Early last year on business podcast Trading Secrets, fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff disclosed that she had inserted a “floozy clause” in her trust. This clause states if her husband decides to move on “with some new hot young thing” after she dies, or they divorce, all her assets are immediately passed on to her kids.

“So that girl has no chance of getting anything that I make,” Minkoff said at the time.

While I can’t imagine a huge number of people are racing to insert floozy clauses into their prenups or wills, Minkoff’s bombastic declaration does invite an intriguing question: can you really rule from the grave?

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