Wills - how much do your parents tell you about it?

[pixelchick]

Mum's 79, Dad's 77 and ill. They have instructed a bloke down the road to be their executor. He knows very little about us and we have been told nothing about the intention of their will. We are 5 siblings. Is this normal?

my parent s discussed everything with us four siblings before deciding what to do. its complicated for them as they live in a country where muslim law applies, and dad's brother's inherit a share of his estate, which could in theory, mean mom would have to leave her home and sell it.
so we needed to be all together on this before they made any decisions.

Flipertygibbet,- interesting point about an impartial adviser. That may be the best idea. By the way, Pixelchick's mum would NOT INHERIT EVERYTHING IF THERE IS NOT A WILL! If someone dies without a Will, their spouse gets the first £125000. Anything above this sum is divided in half, and the surviving spouse gets a Life Interest in one half. The other half goes to any kids they have. Obviously, many 'kids' would not take the money if their parent needed it - but you never know!

Oo dragon30, I hope pixelchicks parents are making wills then. I must advise my mum and dad on that as recently the price of their end terrace will have gone over that value.
They keep saying they will make wills - they are 74 and 78 so tis about time! - but as my 3 sisters live abroad they just joke that if anything happens to one of them, by the time the others get here (spain, australia, california), I will just be waving at them from the removals van as it disappears round the top of their road!
Seriously though, I tell them to make a will as although my older and middle sisters would be fine with any split as I have the job of taking care of my parents as they age, the youngest one would be on the first plane over trying to grab everything for herself and there is def. 'potential for conflict' among us 'interested parties'.
There won't be any cash though, they just spend it on their globe trotting to see their daughters and grandchildren.
Apart from asking my parents if they have made a will, I would not dream of asking them what the contents of it are as its nothing to do with me till they are gone.