Why young couples should make Wills
This is one of the most contentious issues for young couples.
If a decision is NOT made this can lead to:
- Disagreements between surviving relatives – with no appointment no-one in the family knows who should care for the children. With no clear wishes arguments can ensure between the different sides of the family
- Splitting up of siblings – in many cases with people not marrying, or marrying more than once children may not have the same mother/father. If no guardians have been appointed, children could be split-up to live with their biological mother/father.
- Children being raised in a way you would NOT want – from the way your children are educated to the religion they are brought up with.
In the worse cases when no-one can agree, and no appointment has been made it will be the Courts who ultimately decide.
In a Will a guardian can be appointed, along with a substitute appointment if something were to happen to the first person appointed.
In making a decision in your Will, you can appoint people who are not only capable of looking after your children, but will bring them up the way you would have had you been alive.