quick urgent question about WILLS, anyone?

[vannah]

Is it really worth paying a solicitor to do my will for me, or should I stick to the one I bought from the post office?

Im seeing a solicitor tomorrow lunchtime, paying £90, whereas the papers i picked up from post office were only £3! But looked complicated to fill out....

My case is not totally straightforward, but not too complex either. I am expecting baby no2 in december, and keep panicking about if something happens to me during birth. I have some private assets I want to leave to my children.

many thanks

I have a simple DIY will but then I am leaving it all to my spouse (at present )

if you have anything more complex you are better to use a solicitor

Personally I wouldn't touch a homemade Will kit with a barge-pole - if you don't do everything 100% right then the Will will totally fail and your relatives will be left with the really difficult, and expensive, task of administering your estate under the intestacy rules. Not only does it take longer to administer the estate, and often cost more as well, it means that your wishes won't be carried out.

IMHO £90 is a small price to pay for peace of mind that if something should happen to you then your estate will be dealt with in the way that you want it to be.

Agree with TheBlonde.
Mine is very straight forward so went for DIY but if yours is at all complex (ie you're not leaving everything to one person) I'd go through a solicitor.

i would personally do it properly especially if you are stating the guardianship of your children, i would want that to be settled knowing that nothing awful could go wrong if a solicitor has drawn up a binding legal document

Hulababys (i think?) husband deals with will writing and says he makes more money for sorting out own written wills than writing new wills for people.

I think that is something worth knowing.

Deffo do it through solicitor - especially with children. We spent a lot sorting it out, but I know now that its all sorted, and if anything happens to us (which is where the complexities arise) there's no confusion about what happens to the children.

If you have time, go in with a list of your assets, points you want to consider (ie guardians of your children) and anything else you think important. That way you best use the time you're paying for.

Well, I'm leaving everything to DH as well, unless he dies at the same time...which is where a professional comes in IMO.

Unfortunately if anything is done wrong when completing and signing your Will, then the whole thing will be invalid, and obviously it's not normally until you've died that the errors are spotted.

Please use a solicitor unless you are really, really sure you know what you are doing and if you do use a Will kit then you must follow the instructions extremely carefully.

thankyou so much for those speedy responses. Great, will keep the appointment tomorrow and have it done properly...