if you don’t have children, who / what are you leaving your assets to in your will ?

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DH and I have two children, first / only marriage for each of us. Our wills are very simple mirror wills leaving everything to each other in the first instance, then to be shared equally between our children.

If you and your partner (if you have one) don’t have children, who or what are you leaving your assets to ?

I’m mostly asking out of nosiness (as this is an anonymous forum) but also as we have this situation in our family and I’m interested what other people have done.

Same here.

Mine goes to parents, then brother / sister, which sort of automatically means nieces nephews benefit (they weren't around when I made it). I am young (ish) though and expect things to change.

I have two godchildren, one a cousin, the other my only niece (no nephews). They'll get most of it. I do have another cousin but he's much better off than me and really doesn't need it.

I'm really not sure, have been putting off making a will as my brain can't cope with the decisions. I know I need to do it.

We have children but if they predecease us or if we all die together (in a plane crash or v something) everything goes to my cousins kids

You assume everyone has assets.

Half & half to my niece & nephew. I might add some bequests to charities at some point.

DH and niece.

Although I plan to spend it all!

Cash/house to favourite charities and children of friends where it would make a big difference to education/housing, high end fashion/art to museums, wine to dear wine friends. Or I might blow the lot and live it up if I'm fortunate enough to be sprightly in old age!

Close friend has recently changed her will. It went to her (adult) nephews but after they have displayed dismissive and disinterested behaviours towards her and her DH she has now changed it to god children and friends.

I have Dcs but if they predecease me I have listed my two godchildren.

I'm estranged from my child. I've left ¼ estranged child, ¼ each of my lovely supportive siblings.

Siblings / their kids otherwise would go to friends and charities

No kids, no partner.

Will is 5% each to cousin's kid; my god son; my ex DSS; my sister.
Then remainder split 50/50 between adult niece and nephew other than £2k which is going to the CAB.
I have another infant niece, but my brother is an arsehole and I've never met her, so she's not in the will. I might add her at some point. And I'll probably take out my cousin's kid as she's in her twenties now.

Everything to DH, and if he's not around then everything to my brother.

If I die before my parents, I'll leave to them so they can safeguard it so my minor nephews' parents can't get hold of it.

Otherwise my niece/nephew. I plan to spend as much as I can though!

Intriguing the amount of charity bequests. Didn't think such a high percentage would leave to charities.

I'm a charity trustee - obscure local charity, we receive at least £10k a year from bequests, £25k this year.

I hope to have time to downsize, so the estate will be smaller then, but you never know. I have two nieces and a nephew, and I recently thought adding friends might be something to consider.

Divided between 4 grandchildren in trust until they are 30 years of age.A difficult decision but advisable we are told.Smaller amounts to include a half sister. and Hospice care.

If a woman leaves their estate to her partner and that partner then remarries does the woman not mind her money going to a complete stranger if the male partner then dies.

I expect everyone has different thoughts and feelings about this. Hard to generalise.

I have two children equally 50/50 to them and if they die - I don’t really care who ever takes my pets can have it

I know a woman with two children who married and left everything to her husband on the expectation that it would be split equally between the child they had together and her children. The reality was she died and he inherited and he died and left everything to their only joint child. Joint child couldn’t believe what his dad did and shared it equally but I have to say I will always leave my money direct to my children

I've got two kids.

If it anything happens to them and my husband, the money will be split equally to my siblings, or if anything has happened to sibling their kids.