Write a will

Bequest: I know the charity I wish to leave a bequest to, and have their information so I know the correct wording. I don’t have much family so working out the who gets what rubbish is easy, and it’s made easier by me not actually having much to start with!

The Public Trustee will help me write my will, be the executor of my will (saving any member from my family from having to do so at such a horrible time, well it may be horrible!) and will even witness it so everything is legal. I just have to make an appointment with them, knowing the outlines of what I want to leave to whom and they help word it all in legal speak. Being the Public Trustee, they will also hold the will legally until I die.

The best thing is: Making your Will with the Public Trustee as your executor is free of charge, as are any subsequent updates you make as your circumstances change. Fees for estate administration are only incurred when the estate is administered. (Yay!)

Now I have to work out the funeral arrangements as this can be held with the will so my family need not worry about much except the little things they wish to add.

It will be good when this is done. I think everyone should have a will. It’s the responsible thing to have done so those left behind don’t have to deal with these issues.

I looked into this and discovered that I should settle some financial issues before I organise this with a solicitor. Those should be sorted in the next couple of weeks. Citizens Advice Beaureu Scotland website (www.cas.org.uk) has some good advice that i intend to follow.

Sooo i do have somthing to put in my will, but seeing as how the person i would leave it to hasn’t been born yet and so far i’d only be leaving him debt i might wait a while, like until i have life insurance in place to pay off the debt and the baby is born!!

...I ever get around to this?!

Until fairly recently i didn’t own anything important eough to need a will. I now own land and have a baby on the way, seems a good time to write one and update it as i go. I think though because there isn’t much of value a will kit is the way to go and once my son is born i will write it, it seems wierd to write a will leaving stuff to some1 not born yet…

we’re meeting with the attorney in a couple weeks.

I bought Suze Orman’s Will and Trust Kit when it was on sale. Now my hubby and I just need to fill it out!

I’ve made out my advance directives – you can find the paperwork on the state website. Five wishes is also a good resource. I had it notarized and filed it at home and sent a copy to my sister. Then I told both my husband and sister about it. I basically told them I’d made some decisions in the event I was incapacitated and they could read it now, or refer to it when the time came, but at least they know where to look.

I went to a funeral recently, though, and it’s made me realize I need to update these documents. The preacher basically got up front and read the little paper that lists the person’s name, birth date and place and death date and place. He listed the surviving family members and said when he met the family a few moments ago, they told him a few things about the person he was eulogizing. Then he went on to talk for half an hour about himself. I went to the funeral thinking, “I’ve known this person for the last three years of her life; I look forward to knowing what the first sixty were like.” Anyway, I now feel like I need to specify whom I want to conduct my funeral service in my advance directives.

I do still need to write a will to settle financial questions and arrangements for our daughter in the event both I and my husband die. Not fun stuff, but it does offer a certain amount of peace of mind knowing you have a plan if the worst happens.

it’s on of those things we need to do, but always put off. maybe this year we’ll get it done.

need to do it