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Urgent, possibly. Should I make a will now?

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Spidermama · 01/09/2006 15:52

Forgive my ignorance. I know nothing ....

I'm having a general anaesthetic on Monday and I have not written a will.
Given that I have no money to speak of, does it really matter? Will all my stuff go to my dh automatically or is there some kind of situation where the government helps itself unless otherwise stipulated?

Should I write a will and if so how do I do this?

(I know the chance of my dying is small but I thought it would be better to deal with all possible outcomes).

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madness · 11/09/2006 09:42

Maybe I should start a new thread but anyway. We are a bit stuck for who should become guardian of our 3 dc. My family live abroad and the only sister who might want to be guardian is mad. DH has some family here who might be suitable. Only problem is their religion. So is there a way in making sure they don't do certain things to dc??Like one exemple would be that I don't want ds to be circumcised....I think my brother would agree to oversee their "non-religious" upbringing but would not want/be able to look after them on a day-to-day basis. But would he be able to "veto" certain decisions?

m5lfh · 27/10/2014 12:23

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NotCitrus · 27/10/2014 12:32

Our wills specify not who should look after the children, but rather who decides who will look after them - I don't know who might be best out of BIL, SIL or best friend, and would depend on ages and where theyare living, but I do trust BIL and bf to jointly make good decisions.

Itsfab · 27/10/2014 12:42

DH and I have recently done our second will each and we have specified who gets what, who we want the children to go to, who is to get nothing and who is not allowed to take the children.

Aridane · 27/10/2014 13:58

From 2006 to 2014!

I wonder if the OP ever did the will...

Itsfab · 27/10/2014 15:03

I know I posted on this thread.

Try again

DH and I have recently had our second wills drawn up. They say who gets what, who we want the children to go too, who gets nothing financial/property wise and who is to not have custody or access to our children. It really isn't expensive and can save such a lot of hassle and money later. No excuse for not doing one really and I would argue selfish not too.

Itsfab · 27/10/2014 15:05

It was not there a few minutes ago

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