last will and testament

[bigby]

last will and testament?
has anyone drawn up their own will
any hints, tips

[Mykidsmom]

well i did mine recently....had legal help though so ive no tips i did basically what i was told to make sure everything got where i wanted it in the end...all i was really interested in though was having my living will followed...i wanted a DNR in place.

[bigby]

well i did mine recently....had legal help though so ive no tips i did basically what i was told to make sure everything got where i wanted it in the end...all i was really interested in though was having my living will followed...i wanted a DNR in place.

looking for tips without legal advice

[Mykidsmom]

you can probably buy a legal kit in easons to do it yourself...or download one off the net bigs..

[bigby]

well i did mine recently....had legal help though so ive no tips i did basically what i was told to make sure everything got where i wanted it in the end...all i was really interested in though was having my living will followed...i wanted a DNR in place.

ok that is a big decsion so perhaps legal advice would be needed in this case

[Mykidsmom]

mine was only complicated because of the living will thingy....cos the dnr only applies in certain instances

[bigby]

I have bought the forms from Easons, looks straight forward, just wondering has anyone any advice to add

[Mykidsmom]

well our orignal wills were from chapters our book store here and we filled them out and got them checked by our lawyer when i had the cardiac arrest....and he thought they were great.....the added as i said was the dnr thingy

[Eileen]

Have you spoken to a lawyer. For simple wills (which most are unless you have gazillions of dollars) it's usually quite inexpensive to have one drawn up. (at least in the states)
It's probably time for me to update mine. Not that I have anything new to add but my children are older now and I have grandchildren.

[Ed O'Gorman]

mine was only complicated because of the living will thingy....cos the dnr only applies in certain instances

Jaziz Helen;It must be nice having to all that money to worry about,and having to deal with all those complicated living trusts and wills.Just leave it all to the church,and save yourself all that trouble.LOL.I hope you are keeping well.

[riposte]

I have bought the forms from Easons, looks straight forward, just wondering has anyone any advice to add

Solicitors and legal people are always telling us how important it is to make a Will. But they have a vested interest.

Wills often cause more problems than they solve. One of the biggest causes of upset is one child being favoured over another in Wills. This may not matter to the person who dies ....... but life-long conflict can be caused in families by making a Will flipantly.

Under the Law ...... where there is no Will ...... the spouse is entitled to 2/3rds of the estate and the children are entitled to the other 3rd between them.

Where there is no spouse .... the children are entitled to equal shares of the estate.

The purpose of writing a Will therefore is to leave the bulk of the estate to one person ......... or to deliberately leave out a child or children ...... you cannot write your spouse out of a Will.

[tolka1]

last will and testament?
has anyone drawn up their own will
any hints, tips

I did my in-laws yrs ago with a legal kit we bought here and just followed the instructions so there were no problems when they passed away.

[quinner]

the law does not make a will complicated......only the person writing it does.....keep it simple..

[Capt Patch]

You'd be mad not to have a will and prefrably one done correctly with a solicetor. Make sure that everything you want is in the will and especially make sure that you read it and understand it before you sign.

The time to write your will is as early as possible because you never know if yer going to die accidently and leave a legal mess for your family. Unfortunatly siblings have a tradition of claiming more than their equal share when one claims to deserve more than another for a varity of reasons.

Leave a will clearly laying out what you want done and who gets what.
It's also useful to revise it every five years or so as circumstances change and some dependants needs differ.

[Mykidsmom]

well we also had the added responsibility of making sure melanie was covered off in our will...her disability makes things a bit more complicated.....so other than that and my dnr thingy i dont think id actually have bothered cos as i told my kids, theyre already spending their inheritance and willie and i are spending the rest lol