Dh and I have na appointment with a solicitor tomorrow to finally make a will. My head is a total jumble, but with the recent death of a good friend, it's somehow made us very aware of the fact that we really should have one - a reality check if you like. How on earth do you decide who will look after your children if something happens to both of you though. In our case my family are in NI, but the children's whole lives are here. My brother has already agreed to have them in such circumstances, but I wonder if I should perhaps have asked good friends who live locally. Would a total upheaval be too much for them should the situation ever arise? My heart tells me they'd probably need to be with family though. What have other mners done with their wills?
Also, is dh's pension part of our 'estate'? I assume so, so how do you ever find out how much you're worth? The first thing the secretary asked me was if our estate would be worth more than £275,000? Well perhaps £180,000 for the house, but no idea about anything else. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh - help!!!