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flyboy55 wrote:Yes. We had wills written up back when we first had kids and have updated them since.

It's kind of crazy to not have a will when you have a spouse or kids in your life. But even without these things, do you really want the government deciding what to do with your stuff when you're gone?

Thanks for calling me crazy!!.... But I know we need to git er done ASAP!

Dr.Corona wrote:

flyboy55 wrote:Yes. We had wills written up back when we first had kids and have updated them since.

It's kind of crazy to not have a will when you have a spouse or kids in your life. But even without these things, do you really want the government deciding what to do with your stuff when you're gone?

Thanks for calling me crazy!!.... But I know we need to git er done ASAP!

"Crazy" is a relative term.

Don't have one, probably should, not that I have much to leave behind.

flyboy55 wrote:

Dr.Corona wrote:

flyboy55 wrote:Yes. We had wills written up back when we first had kids and have updated them since.

It's kind of crazy to not have a will when you have a spouse or kids in your life. But even without these things, do you really want the government deciding what to do with your stuff when you're gone?

Thanks for calling me crazy!!.... But I know we need to git er done ASAP!

"Crazy" is a relative term.

Especially with my relatives

phjrsaunt wrote:One interesting thing my lawyer told me was that regarding the distribution of personal items, that this list should be in my own handwriting (not typed) so that there is no doubt whatsoever that what is written there is absolutely MY wish.

This is some great advice. While my lawyer didn't say to *handwrite* the persanal items, he did say to put them on a separate piece of paper and not specfically put them into your will. Since those things may change from time to time, if you put them in your will, you'd need to redo your will and incur additional expense. Having an addendum to your will with these personal items is a better way to go.

So, yeah, I got a will. I had one created after the birth of my first child. It's been revised for the birth of subsequent childen. Setting up a guardian for the kids was a painful decision but an important one.