Tell Co-op Legal Services about your experiences with making a will - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

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If you and your partner have children together, thinking ahead to a time when the unimaginable has happened and both you and your partner have passed away, leaving your child (or children) in need of a Legal Guardian, is an awful conversation to think about, let alone have. However, Co-op Legal Services know that if you make formal arrangements in relation to a will, you are able to name the Legal Guardians of your children instead of the Court making a decision you might not have wished for. With that in mind, Co-op Legal Services would like to know your experiences with making a will.

James Antoniou, Head of Wills at Co-op Legal Services, says: “As parents, we recognise the need to protect our children throughout our lifetimes. Making a will and providing for guardianship is an extension of that protection, ensuring that our wishes are clear about who will be responsible for their upbringing.

If you are interested in starting your wills journey with the Co-op, start your will online now"

Do you currently have a will? Or is it still an ongoing process? How did you go about making some of the important decisions that a will requires? Do you have the conversations surrounding a will with your family?

So whether you’ve set up one already or looking to begin making one, share your experiences below and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 voucher of your choice (from a list).

Thanks, and good luck

MNHQ

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I used a will kit to do a sort of quick placeholder will just before I had my DS, mostly because my partner & I were unmarried at the time and a home kit was enough to cover our basic requirements. I found doing it was very straightforward, with clear instructions on how to complete it.

Why is it so expensive? Why is it not compulsory so the price drops?

Mine involved 2 visits to a solicitor so I didn't actually think it was expensive £100& vat
You can get do it yourself kits which will keep the cost down

My experience is that I haven't yet - there always seems to be a 'I'll do it after I've moved house/decorated/insert milestone here.' Plus worried about the cost.

We also haven't done ours yet, we really need to sort it.

It is a scary thing to think about at 24, but having 2 infant children has made me and DH have the discussion of what would happen if we both passed away a few times now.

My top priority would be care of the children and ensuring they are entitled to any assets we have. It seems like a very confusing process to get everything written down correctly and legally though, intimidatingly so.

We're only getting ours written up now after putting it off. I guess you don't want to think about these things but our son was born nearly a year ago and it's given us a bit of a kick up the bum to sort out things for him. I didn't realise how easy it was to get a free basic mirror will through my work union. We don't even need to get witnesses and it was all done by email and post. I would have sorter this sooner if I'd known.