OK, I'll admit it, we don't have a will, today that is. We've lived in many states and somewhere along the line I knew that if one spouse died before the other all properties went to the surviving spouse. We even lived in one where we could hand write our wills and be done with it.
Hubs is ill and has been repeating over and over we need a will. OK, sure, add another thing to my to do list. I looked up this state's laws when dying intestate and found that one half goes to the surviving spouse and the other goes to the children. Oops. That won't work.
So, tomorrow we are off to the lawyer to have a simple will drawn up leaving everything to each other. The surviving spouse can then do the final will to sort out who gets what when that surviving spouse is gone.
Hubs is ill and has been repeating over and over we need a will. OK, sure, add another thing to my to do list. I looked up this state's laws when dying intestate and found that one half goes to the surviving spouse and the other goes to the children. Oops. That won't work.
So, tomorrow we are off to the lawyer to have a simple will drawn up leaving everything to each other. The surviving spouse can then do the final will to sort out who gets what when that surviving spouse is gone.