woman & man married 24 yrs; can woman claim property upon the death of the man who placed said property solely in his name on title to that property

man listed as sole owner of property, refused to add woman to title; Will states the property must be divided equally between woman and financially independent daughter of the man; woman desired to do honourable thing and offered significant amount of money to daughter of the man; daughter refused offer, stated she wanted half of the property as willed to her; this would cause woman financial difficulty. Is it feasible for woman to take her claim to common law court or is woman 'stuck' with the legal court?