Myself and my soon to be husband have a house of our own.

Myself and my soon to be husband have a house of our own. He purchased a house when he was single and so did I. I was told that after we are married that everything is 50/50 including the houses we purchased before we get married. Is this true? We both have kids and want to leave our homes to them. Should we do a living will before we get married to leave the house we each purchased individually to our kids? or sign a prenuptial agreement?

living will, will My father died 2 years ago, he had 2 personal belongings that…

living will, will
My father died 2 years ago, he had 2 personal belongings that are very important to my brother and I however his new wife has given one item to his sister(our aunt) and the other we are told is in a saftey deposit box. We believe that he did have a living will but are not sure, what can we do? The only thing that was given to us was his clothes and I have his license, my brother was promised his necklace, but never recieved it. Again, what can we do?