Do you have a will?

TexasAggie06 · July 2013

DH and I went to talk with our financial adviser this week and he said that since we now have a child making a will really isn't an option anymore (we have DS as the beneficiary of our 401ks, life insurance, etc.).

I know it's something we have to get done, especially because here in Texas if we don't have designated who his guardian should be the state decides which means he could theoretically end up in foster care until they decide if both DH and I died. That thought alone is enough to put my butt in gear!

Do you have a will? Just curious if anyone else has one done or not.

cece2682 · July 2013

We keep saying we have to do it but haven't yet. Thanks for the friendly reminder though!

24ladybug · July 2013

cece2682:
We keep saying we have to do it but haven't yet. Thanks for the friendly reminder though!

Same!

JanessLynn · July 2013

cece2682:
We keep saying we have to do it but haven't yet. Thanks for the friendly reminder though!

Us too

tondraluv · July 2013

I a tuLly just finished mine & emailed my lawyer last week to look over it. I'd be actively working on it since I was 6 months pregnant.im just so daunting & grime but I knew I needed to get it done.

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ktr722 · July 2013

My SILs friend is a lawyer so we had her do it for us. It's definitely something you should get done sooner or later bc you never know what can happen. No one ever wants to think that way, but it's in the best interest of your LO. God forbid something happen to DH and I, we know that our LO will be taken care of by the people we trust most in this world.

katief27 · July 2013

How expensive is it to make a will? How do you even go about making one??

MrsP7309 · July 2013

We've written ours, but they aren't signed/notarized. So legally speaking, no, not yet.

Dunkin · July 2013

Yes. We had one drawn up by our lawyer when DS was born. We updated it after our first DD. We have to tweak some things again with number 3 since she was a su prise.

Mandmeesh · July 2013

we don't have one yet, either.

isn't it crazy how the birth of our babies make us prepare for our deaths? oy. lol

Kate_C · July 2013

I drafted a very basic one, mostly to appoint a guardian for our DS. I used a simple form copied from a coworker. We need to update it now for DD along with the beneficiaries of our various accounts, piddly though they are. Thanks for that reminder! Unless you have a lot of assets or a complicated estate, I would think a basic will should cost under 500 for an attorney to draft.

ChicagoBroad26 · July 2013

Yep. We sat down with our attorney after Ava was born and made a detailed will and set up a trust. We have to adjust a few small things now that Mila is here but the framework is there.

kreeper611 · July 2013

No and we need one. We need to have a formal conversation with the people who will be taking care of the kids first.

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