will you make a "will" for your children?
By clorissa123
@clorissa123 (4926)
United States
September 30, 2009 7:56pm CST
According to someone's advice, a will is useful, when you have children, and you might start to plan a will, only if you some assets on hand, and you want them to have once you no longer there.
If you didn't have a will prepared, and once you are gone. The state government will decide who gonna raise your children, and who has the legal right to possess your will. The step to make a will can be done online, or through software, called "willmaker plus". It might take you a couple of minutes to fill out all the basic information, and you are good to go.
So, if you have significant amount of assets, and you are planning to leave them to your children, make a will.
4 responses
@moneymakingtoday (4061)
• Philippines
12 Oct 09
i had lots of properties, i would make out a will for my 3 children. i have to be sure everything goes smooth for all of them. i want to be sure no problem will arise about sharing of the properties, although they should have equal sharing on all properties, if no will is made. but i find it very useful for a will to be drawn out so that a particular is intact and whole when assigned to one child and not divided by the number of children left.
@clorissa123 (4926)
• United States
12 Oct 09
That is smart. Sometimes, it is hard to divide all of them equally, because your children may not like what the portion assigned to them. They may view othe properties of yours are more valuable than others. What do you think of it?
@turones (206)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
we only have one kid but of course we're planning to at at least two more. i will definitely consider making a will because it would make me feel that my children will have a good life. in terms of assets and material things, i would divide everything equally among all of my kids.
@clorissa123 (4926)
• United States
1 Oct 09
Well, that is what every parents want to do. Leaving behind whatever is best for their children. We just consider how safe they will be, and they should get the best of everything. Parents nature.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
1 Oct 09
My children are grown now but I've had a will for many years, most specifically for the welfare of my youngest daughter. For reasons that I won't go into here I did not want custody of her to go to her father should something happen to me. He had no parental rights but, since he is her biological father, he could have managed to manipulate a court if she were left without a legal guardian. Also, since I owned property and had other financial assets before I met my husband, my will stipulated who received what and when.
@clorissa123 (4926)
• United States
1 Oct 09
That is a smart way to manage it. So, you won't have to worry about your children if you were gone. That is what we do as a parent. I also want to make a will for my children too. That is at least I can do for them too, other than provide them food on the table, and give them good education.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Oct 09
Even though we have very few assests in our lives, we still need to make a will for our children. Were something to happen to the two of us, I would definitely not want the state to decide who is going to raise my children. I know without a doubt that we would want my mother to raise them. She's still very young and in good enough health that she would be the logical decision of who to raise them. However, we also need to have a provision that they still get to see their other set of grandparents. All of these things in mind are the reason that we need to have a will drawn up.
