MSE Poll: Do you have a will? If not, why not?

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Poll started 30 January 2018

Do you have a will? If not, why not?

If you want to dictate where your assets go when you die, you need a will. Die without one and on top of the grief, it can cause a financial nightmare for the people you care about.

A will can be made cheaply, and sometimes for free. So do you have a will and if not, why not?

Do you have a will? If not, why not?
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  • heatherw_01
    heatherw_01 Posts: 6,554 Ambassador
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    The survey goes to "Are you data greedy? How much do you use on your mobile?"

    But yes I have a will, best to be safe
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  • Wizard_of_Id
    Wizard_of_Id Posts: 5,512 Forumite
    it might have been interesting to see the split between single and married.
  • Murphybear
    Murphybear Posts: 7,270 Forumite
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    I have a will because although my OH and I have been together 22 years we never got married.
  • St-George_2
    St-George_2 Posts: 2 Newbie
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    I am interested in creating a living trust so that my grandchildren will inherit my property without it being included in my estate or used to fund care in old age. Don't seem to be getting anywhere, my solicitor doesn't have a clue how to do this.
  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 16,585 Forumite
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    St-George wrote: »
    I am interested in creating a living trust so that my grandchildren will inherit my property without it being included in my estate or used to fund care in old age. Don't seem to be getting anywhere, my solicitor doesn't have a clue how to do this.

    Simple answer is you can’t, unless you are going to move out of your own home, and even then you would face the deprivation of assets issue.

    From your most recent post you have 2 other properties, so you would be nuts to try and avoid care costs, unless you don’t care where you end up. I hope I never need residential care but if I do I want the choice of where that care is given, and the only way to guarantee that is to self fund.
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