General Chat

I remember the trouble we went through when my mother died James

I haven't but I soon will be making one..... I just need to make sure I keep it updated!! My insurance policies cover everyone special so it shouldn't be a hassle for anyone just getting rid of my belongings!! xx

Technically, Me! mines never been leagally binding but then again it was written when I was 11 - I was terrified of dieing during an op to have my tonsills out, so I left a 'will' of what I wanted to happen to my belonings. Wills are great but they lake so long to sort out! My 'Uncle' died in 2002, single and childless, he left everything to his 4 cousins - My grandfather and 3 great aunts and uncles (have I lost you yet?) - we are still sorting it out. Add on my grandfather died in 2004 and he left everything to my nan, nan died last year and left everything to her children. The poor soliciter has to sort out all 3 wills now, any wonder why it can be so hard to find a proved will when it gets this complicated??

Nothing to Leave, so no I haven't. Vivienne

Vivienne, You have all your research to leave at the very least and I'm sure you have other items that you would like to ensure has a good home if anything unfortunate happens to you....

Me of all should have done it by now. He has 2 children, I have 3, all live together - unmarried! Its on the priority do list! Tina

Problem is you have to keep changing them. People move away; marry; die; have children,etc. Circumstances alter, but really everyone should do one. (Advertising them again at £19.95 locally) Happy days, {for the beneficiaries.}

Hi Rachel, my son reckons he will just hire a skip & chuck it all. My eldest daughter would probably grab all the family history stuff for safe keeping & I have a few ornaments that they all know are my youngests if she still wants them. There you go, will done! Vivienne

my father left a will,it was done through a solicitor,the solicitor fxxxed it up,which made it invalid,it has taken over a year to sort out,now the solicitor has gone into liqudation,wont answer his phone,wont reply to letters,then i am told that he has appointed another soliciter,i only found this out a couple of weeks after he took case on,not by my origanal sloiciter but the new one.the first soliciter told me that it would cost £1500+vat +disbursments.new solicitor has told me that it will be £250 per hour,i think they are all taking the pxxx,

You say you have nothing to leave, if you own a house, who gets it, how is the money to be divide up, look around your property and start to add up the value of the items, one said she wanted some ornaments to go to her daughter, but unless you state it, it might not happen, When a death occurs the relatives you did not remember come crawling out of the woodwork, so unless you want the government rules to apply, get a will made up. It will make it so much easier for your family. James

That's the point James, if I had a house ofcourse I would make a will. If they call in house clearance they'll be lucky if they get £100 for everything in this house. Vivienne

Ive decided to leave my money to Daniel lol! Dave

Me - I've got bugger all to put in one though:)

don't YOU start lol my mum has a go at me about this at least once a week. I ought to do one to specify that anything of mine goes to my kids and not my ex, also to say what I would like to happen to the children if they are still minors. I know I should do it, just never seem to get round to it. Maz. XX

Maz - you can make a special arrangement with someone who will take on your children if anything happened to you while they are underage, making these people their legal Guardians. I did that when my son was small. I tried to make a Will once leaving everything to my son, but the solicitor said what if you die together, what happens to everything then. Never got round to sorting that out so still haven't made one, but son now grown up is down to have house if I die, the insurance pays out for it, and enough to buy me a box and stuff. I suppose I should sort things out properly - don't want to leave a load of hassle. Sure bet I don't want my two wealthy brothers and their wives, to get their hands on anything, they have never done a lot for me, so why should I leave them anything? Would rather leave it to a Charity.

I did one zillion years ago regards kids ect, lived in council property;;;; Now kids all over 21 ';;;;;; no will re-married and own house should do but keep putting off, but dont know why;;;;;;; James you Solicitor looking for business hehe;;; Babs PS but serious matter

..and please, when leaving money to your children, name them (preferably with date and place of birth )- put wife's maiden name - preferably name parents and grandparents etc - like most of my ancestors didn't!!! Peter

We have not made a will yet as my husband and I cant agree as to what should be left to whom

all we own is our terraced house which is probably worth at the moment between £80,000 and £90,000. I would be quite happy for it to be equally divided between our 3 kids but hubby does not agree as we have been to hell and back with our 2 daughters and he does not think they deserve it. But I still love them no matter what they have done in the past. Dont think it is right to leave everything to one child. Although my mum has written a will leaving everything to me and nothing to my brother but that is solely her choice

I went off to the solicitors with hubby, having made a list of all stuff i wanted to leave people...samplers...jewells etc. Hubby laughed at my typed out list but the solicitor said he wished more people would do that,,it made his job a lot easier and nothing was missed,