Single mother and will
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| Wed, 12-29-2004 - 5:30pm |
Hi everyone,
This might be off topic. Well, I've been legally divorced since last summer and I couldn't be happier. However, the one thing that has been nagging at me is that I don't have a will. I'm from a foreign country and I have no family members in the US. I want my mom who lives in my native country to take care of my (little) assets if I die before my kids. (I have two and they're still young.) I do own a house and have a relatively nice car, besides usual jewelry, etc. I talked to my lawyer and he told me to designate 2 executors, which I did. One of them speaks my native language so she can communicate with my mom.
My question to you ladies is if there's a way to do it myself. I trust my lawyer and we kind of developed friendship, but I really don't want to sepend lots of money. Has anyone made a will on your own? Is there a web site, software, etc. that I could use?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

My advise, for what it's worth, is to spend the money. This is too important to hope that it's done properly.
Of course, if it's a matter of do-it-yourself or nothing, then it's probably better to have something than nothing. I just feel more comfortable leaving legal matters that regard my daughter to the experts.
Good luck!
Julie
MS
A man's got to do what a man's got to do.
A woman must do what he can't.

MSI paid an attorney to make my will and I'd gladly pay again if I need to have the will updated. A will is a very important thing, especially when you want to protect your assets for your children. If anything happened to me and my ex got a hold of my money/house, there would be absolutely nothing left for my son.
My will takes every measure possible to make sure those assets never go to my ex husband and I wouldn't have felt comfortable drawing up any of it on my own.
Hey fivesense,
I did the exact same thing!! I totally agree with you on this post. Write an update for us!! We would love to hear about your new year!!