How to ask someone to be legal guardian

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Hi,

My husband and I have been sorting our Will out. We are in our mid 20s but it is something we want to get sorted . My husband and I got talking about if something tragic happened to the both of us and how we need to arrange legal guardianship of our DD. Sounds drastic I know but rather get it in writing sooner rather than later .
We know who we want to have her should anything happen but just wanted to ask HOW did you ask your chosen guardians ?
Is it something we can do over the phone ? Probably a silly question but just want some guidance . Thanks

We asked my brother and SIL and I just called x I told them to think about it even though they said yes straight away! They took a few days but it was still a yes x I think it was easy as it's family so not sure it would have felt as easy with a friend x who would you like to ask? X

We asked my pil face to face as we also needed to talk them through our life insurance and what we hoped to happen with our house. It’s also worth thinking about telling other people who might expect to be the ones to be the guardians so we told my mum what we were planning

@Missingthebridegene thanks so much for your reply . We are asking our very close friend and her DH. She is also godmother to our daughter and has played a huge role in her life already , and ours . We want her to know financially she’ll be fine and it won’t be a strain as finances are all sorted , got insurance , savings, the lot. But also know it’s a huge ask ! X

@user1493413286 thank you that’s a good point too

We started with a phone call to ask them to think about it in principle and then offered a longer chat with more detail if they were positive about the thought as a top line. You don't want to dive into detail if they are a hard no

I would think if your friend is god mother she would expect to be legal guardian if anything happened so I'm sure it'll be no huge shock to her and I'm sure she'd be honoured x