Welcome to Day Two of my Five Days of Giveaways. Today I am talking wills. Now I realize don’t like talking about wills because it means we are admitting we are going to die. But the reality is one day we will die and after we are gone our loved ones do not need to be fighting trying to figure out what to do with all our earthly possessions.
Some might say… I don’t have much. Well, if you have children, own a home, or have a life insurance policy you have something and you need a will.
There are many reasons for not writing a will, no time, no money, confusion, etc. In fact I am guilty of not having a will myself. My husband has always had one, but I just never got around to it. It was hard to think about getting an appointment, a sitter for the kids, and paying a hefty legal bill even though I knew it was irresponsible not to have one.
One day I received an email from LegalZoom asking if I would like to try their online legal document service. Silly as it sounds, I was so excited because for years I had heard their commercials, but I was skeptical. Now they were giving me an opportunity to create my will and decide for myself what I thought of their services.
I created a log in and got right to work creating my will. It was so easy I couldn’t believe it. When I didn’t understand what they were asking for in the questionnaire there was always a help button on that page. If that didn’t answer my question they offer live support. There wasn’t an overwhelming amount of legal speak. Most of the questions were easy to understand and answer.
The best part is that you can work at your own pace. You don’t have to figure out everything in one sitting. You can save your document and come back another day. One feature that really impressed me was their site did not freeze up or reject my information when I had to enter all seven kids. Many websites today only have fields for four or five dependents. At LegalZoom you can add as many as needed.
The process was so simple I could not believe I had procrastinated for years! Their fees are very reasonable as well. You can create a will for under $70. Of course, the awesome folks at LegalZoom have offered to give one of my readers an opportunity to create a will for free!
To be entered to win a chance to try out LegalZoom and create your will leave a comment telling me why you don’t have one. You can earn additional entries by tweeting about this contest, posting it to your Facebook page or blogging about why you think you should have a will. Please leave an additional comment for each additional entry. Contest closes Monday October 12, 2009.
I’m so glad you are encouraging us to do this. I don’t have a will because everytime I think about it I get so overwhelmed I shut down. It just seems hard. Plus there’s the money thing. I’m definately encouraged with your post. You make is sound do-able. Thanks. This really is important, especially when you have a mess of children.(I have 5) I do want them to be properly cared for if something ever does happen to us.
I posted you to my facebook page.
I have been wanting to do a will for a long time. What has kept us from getting one is the expense and also our transient life, moving between states. But I know this is important as we each have large families and would want to specify which sibling would raise our children. In addition I am trying to get a will at the same time that I set up a transient trust so that our life insurance policy would go to the guardian of our children so they would be provided for if we passed away. I am still looking for an affordable way to accomplish that and perhaps legal zoom would have some advice.
I’ve never gotten around to getting a will. But now I have a son and I feel that it’s more important than ever. It really clicked 2 months ago when I was rushed into emergency surgery. I want to make sure my little guy is cared for when I’m gone.
I have been thinking about this ever since my son was born in 2008. I need to be able to specify who will raise our son should anything happen to us.It just all is so overwhelming. Please enter me.
i know that we need to do a will. I am just having a really hard time deciding who i would want to raise my children. Thanks for encouraging us to do so.
I don’t have a will. My husband and I were talking about this just last night on our date night. I guess I was too overwhelmed with what it meant to make out a will. My Friend lost her husband recently and I realized that it is the responsible thing to do. We have 4 children, one grown, and need to make provision for them and our wishes known. Thank you for the opportunity to win the free legal service to do this.
thanks,
Cindy
Will-making has been on my to-do list for years, and I just haven’t gotten to it. I’m with Nicole; we are having a hard time assessing the childrearing situation. This would be a great help to end my excuses.
I have procrastinated doing a will for years! Mostly because it seems hard, will cost money and it is stressful to think about who will raise the kids. Silly reasons to put off something important, but I can procrastinate with the best of them. I hope I win but if I don’t I want to make it a goal to have a will done by the end of the month. Love you site!
Wow, what an awesome blog! Our family is fairly young in our mid 20′s.. I think alot of people our age don’t even think about wills. But the truth is God gave us a big eye opener 2 years ago when our little girl was born premature and had 2 surgeries before her first birthday. Alot of people today are so caught up in the “hustle and bustle” of the world and don’t think about that fact that today could be our last… We would love to get a will in place so that our little girl will be taken care. Aside from the cost, we have been guilty ourselves of getting caught up, but its time to get it taken care of because we love our daughter enough to make sure she is properly cared for and that our family has one less thing to deal with in that hard time. Thanks for considering us!
God Bless!
we have a little girl that had a very rough start having a few surgeries early on and
Wow, what an awesome blog! Our family is fairly young in our mid 20′s.. I think alot of people our age don’t even think about wills. But the truth is God gave us a big eye opener 2 years ago when our little girl was born premature and had 2 surgeries before her first birthday. Alot of people today are so caught up in the “hustle and bustle” of the world and don’t think about that fact that today could be our last… We would love to get a will in place so that our little girl will be taken care. Aside from the cost, we have been guilty ourselves of getting caught up, but its time to get it taken care of because we love our daughter enough to make sure she is properly cared for and that our family has one less thing to deal with in that hard time. Thanks for considering us!
God Bless!
We had started one, but never quite finished the process. “Life” swept us away and I guess we became distracted.
I don’t have a will because we’ve just never gotten around to it. It seems like such a big, expensive thing to do; though I am fearful about not having one since we don’t want our kids to go to any of our family members. I KNOW we need a will, it’s just doing it. Thanks for this giveaway.
Hi Toni, I know we should have one. But I am sure like others we dont because of the expense to see a layer etc. I was always under the impression it is so exspensive to go through the process. We need to do one but i guess it is just something everyone doesnt like to think about. Its not that I dont want to because I need to. Awesome of Legalzone to do this. I guess i need to look into their site.
My husband has been telling me about LegalZoom for awhile. I think he heard about it on the radio. We have a toddler son but no will yet basically because we just haven’t taken the time to do it yet.
I’ve wanted and needed to make a will for a while but time just keeps getting away from me. Plus the cost can be high. I’d love to win this!
My hubbie and I talk about it on and off. We have 2 boys and know we really need to do it. I guess we always think of it as complicated, needing a lawyer (which one to chose?), the cost, etc. This would be a great way to solve all of those issues.
We need one badly but have never gotten around to it!
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My husband & I often talk about needing a will. Why we don’t have one…not too sure. I know that the cost has been a big factor. And then every time we start talking about it we get to our almost 2 year old son and aren’t really sure who we would want to be his guardian if something happened to both of us so we just stop talking about it. I know terrible excuses!
By the way I recently found your blog & I love it.
Wow, what a giveaway!
We’ve put off creating a will for a lot of different reasons. Choosing a lawyer, finding time/sitter, and most of all, cost. LegalZoom sounds like a great alternative to the traditional route.
Thanks for the chance!
I don’t have one because, unfortunately, my husband and I have just never gotten around to it. I know it’s important, but it’s just been one of those things that we’ve put on the back burner. Now that we have a son, we should get on this right away!
I procrastinate, I need to do one. The primary reason now is lack of funds. Like a lot of folks, we’re dealing with unemployment and a will is not at the top of our expense list right now. I’d love to win one. Thanks!
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/couponlover16/status/4655019079
I could give lots of reasons why we don’t have wills, but I suspect the real reason is that if we had a will that meant that one of us could die, and if we keep our heads in the sand that can’t happen, right?
So if we win the will, we’ll do it. I promise.
The reason I don’t have a will is that I don’t feel like I know any good lawyers. I want an honest, Christian Lawyer, and that is kind of hard to find….thanks for this opportunity!
My excuse for not having a will is basically exactly what you said in the post…seemed like too much work, money, effort, and overwhelming so I have just put it off. My second child is due anytime now though and it has been on my mind once again so I would love to win this.
We have a terrible reason for not having a will. We simply haven’t taken the time to do it. I don’t think our will would be very complicated. And, I recognize this is an extremely important thing for us to work on. This might just be the inspiration we need.
I have never done this, but know I need to, due to financial restraints. (Working on Baby Step 2 & I’m in week 3 Financial Peace University!) And the fact I would have to actually choose which of my relatives to leave my children with. No one else in my family homeschools their kids, and with no living grandparents this is a problem!
Honestly, I don’t have a Will YET because I kept wanting to obtain legit forms online w/out paying for them .. that’s how frugal I am! However, we have two young children, ages 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 and we desperately need a Will to ensure they are protected. I would love this more than you know.
Thanks so much for offering such a fantastic giveaway!!!!
I could sure use that. It is one of my 101 in 1001 goals to revise our wills. We have made decisions and know what we want to do but just haven’t sat down to do it. So this would be great. Thanks!
Too much money. Too complicated. Don’t want to take the time to do it. Don’t want to admit I’m going to die. Don’t have many possessions or much money (but do have kids now). Guess I have almost every excuse in the book!
As I read your list of reasons for not having done one before, I sat nodding my head. Too much money, appointment with a lawyer and babysitters, etc. This sounds really good! Sign me up!!
My husband and I were talking about this the other night of how we really need to take care of our will. Procrastination seems to be our only reason. We are sure of our home in Heaven and know that the Lord will take care of our children, but we also need to be sure that the children are taken care of by people who have our values and concerns when it comes to raising children.
I haven’t done it yet…because I wasn’t really sure where to go and what to do! This sounds like a GREAT option!
Great topic! As someone who majored in finance in college and have a personal finance website, I KNOW I should practice what I preach, and that includes getting a will. It’s just one of those things I haven’t gotten around to doing. So if I don’t win, I will definitely check out their site. Sounds simple and affordable.
I haven’t had one in the past because all I had to my name was debt. Who wants that? Now, I’ve paid off my debt and actually have a few assests. Hooray! Time to be responsible with it!
We didn’t have wills because until we just bought our house last week, I assumed we didn’t have anything to will. Now I know it’s very important for our little girl and her future.
We didn’t have much so we never did one, but in the last year we now have a house, are trying to start a family, and finally have good term life insurance. Time to make those preparations for whenever God does allow us to conceive and grow our family!
I don’t have a will either- even though I have four kids. We don’t have one because we could never afford to have one made. I hand wrote what I wanted for my children regarding their care and video taped myself talking about it but never haev formally legally declared what I want….food in the house seemed more important.
We do not have a will. We have talked about doing one several times and always get depressed and sidetracked by the conversation. With two children that will need care and money, a will is something we have to do very soon.
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We need a will so badly! We talk about it often, but the busy-ness of life coupled with the depressing nature of the conversation, along with the decision of who we want as our children’s guardian… ugh, it’s overwhelming. But it NEEDS to be done!
Why I don’t have a will? Because that means I have to THINK about leaving my children…and while I know it’s reality, I just don’t want to face it. I know I need to do it, it’s the responsible thing to do, and so I have checked out LegalZoom site, preparing myself. Winning this giveaway would be just the PUSH I need.
I tweeted the giveaway!
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a will. It’s one of those things that’s always somewhere in the back of my mind. We have four kiddos (ages almost-five and under), and they are my biggest reason for wanting a will. So, why haven’t we done it yet? Probably because we’re busy (or lazy?) and cheap! But this service sounds GREAT!
I also re-tweeted you! (@laceyrumley)
I know I should have a will. I should have something regarding our wishes for our children should something happen. We never did it mostly because of money, and then there’s the actual making of the appoinment and seeing a lawyer. Kinda scary!
I have not created a will because of the cost and was worried I wouldn’t understand all the legal terms. My husband and I also weren’t decided in the past to list as guardians for our children. This would be a great time to try out this service!
I have been looking at different sites to help make wills lately. We really are trying to get serious since we are both up in age and have a 3 yr old it is hard to decide who we want to take care of our children. Thanks talking about something so important.
God Bless
I need to do this too, but haven’t yet. Great giveaway! Thanks, Bonnie
I am single but bought a house last year so now have a reason to have a will. I just haven’t got around to figure out what I need to do to get one.
I will be posting this on my twitter as well as facebook twice each today!! What a really great product to give away.
We haven’t done our will because of cost and honestly a little ignorance sad to say. I didn’t realize it was so inexpensive. We also live on one income right now so extras like that are just not affordable right now.
so cool!!
I don’t have one because I am such a tightwad I don’t want to spend the money to get one done!
I know – shameful, but true.
We don’t have a will either. I guess we’ve been avoiding the issue, but I know its important especially now that we have a son. Please enter me.
Ah. Yeah.
We have yet to make a will because honestly we have no idea who we would make guardians of our children should we both pass away.
I always feel guilty over it.
I’d love to win this, though. It might make hubby and I get our rears in gear on deciding that.
Im so glad to see you posting this. Hubby and I have been saying for the past 3yrs we need to do this. Honestly, we just dont know who go call or where to start. People have told us it will cost a fortune as well.
We especially need to get this done now. I have a Mother who is mentally ill and I cut ties with her in June. She has since been threatening legal action against us to see our children (as well as other issues as well). We were just discussing this past weekend that we MUST get a will done ASAP.
What IF something happened to Me or both of Us? We know she would swoop in to try and have rights to my oldest who is from a different Father.
Either way, we are now saving up to get this done and have started asking around for referrals on whom to talk to.
This is something that has been sitting in the back of my mind for a long time now. With two children, a will is very important. We have never had that extra money to create a will. Bless you for this fantastic giveaway!
We don’t have a will because every time we think about what to do about the kids we stall out. Bad reason!
I’m so excited about your giveaway! We’re newlyweds and took a class on finances at church this year and learned that we need a will even though we don’t have kids yet. We just hadn’t gotten around to it yet.
Checking out LegalZoom was already on our list of things to do. We talked about their site on Saturday morning and we’d love to win!
A will is something that is on my mind quite often. My husband is a police officer (hello! scary, high risk job!), we have a two year old daughter and just bought our home a year ago… it’s way past time to do this. I don’t know if its the idea of why a will is so important or just one of those things you mean to do but never actually get around to – we’ve talked about it here & there but haven’t done it yet. Plus, the money it takes to have one written up always seems to be needed elsewhere. Thanks for the info on this site and the opportunity to have this done!
I re-tweeted! (@andifoo)
I am curious why you never did a will through Legal on base?
We already have a will that we did through legal, so if you draw my name put it back and draw someone else! I am very grateful for these types of services the military offers. We finally went and updated ours last year, for the first time in over five years. But we’ve had a will for quite some time.
(Now we just need to get a copy to the executors of our estate so they already know their duties in case something happens…)
My husband did his through base, but a most of the places we have lived have not had a JAG, so they just had a person to help active duty with very basic wills. So I haven’t had the opportunity for years.
No excuses though! I should have done it!
Toni
Just an update that the main reason we needed to update our will is because I wanted to change who the guardians of our children w/be! Actually, the primary didn’t change, but the secondary did and I wanted it to be clear in case something happened to make the primary unable…
We definitely need to do a will!! We have two kids and one on the way. We all know that no one lives forever. But, it wasn’t until some friends of ours passed away that it really hit home. I need to stop procrastinating!!
Also posted on my FB page… http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/andrea.pike?ref=name
Thanks for you review! I don’t have a will because every time we go to JAG the office is packed and our 19-month-old is unwilling to sit and wait for several hours. My husband has one, of course, since he deploys regularly, but we need to do a joint one.
My son was born 9 months ago and I keep thinking we need to set up a trust so that the guardian we appoint can control the money, and then also create a will. But like you, the thought of finding a babysitter, making the time, and the cost of it all is intimidating. I would be so grateful to receive this gift!
oh, I have TONS of excuses why we don’t have a will: Cost, overwhelming decisions like who should be blessed with our children, how do we want to handle the payout of our life insurance policies, etc… I even told myself that we might not be done having kids, why do one now only to have to pay more and more $$ to update with each additional child? silly… My guilt has even driven me to look at this website before and you’re right, it is the way to go for me. Think I’d need to win this giveaway to convince my husband…
I don’t have a will because I don’t ever have the funds needed to get it done propoerly especailly with the kids. Since their father is not there, I don’t want to leave it so that he decides to come back when something happens to me and take them away from the only family they have ever known. I tried so hard to get him involved in their lives and last year I got a email saying either I let him take them out or he wasn’t going to contact us. Have to understand, he has two DUI’s and he was under 30 at the time. It’s so complicated that I don’t have time to let anything happen to me because I have to live for them.
I am really not that sad….life happens!
Neat giveaway.
After my first marriage ended, and my son died I had no reason to get a will.
Years later I remarried and had 2 more kids. Sadly, given my past I always thought something would happen to either my husband or kids. Now my husband and I have purchased a home, have 2 kids and a dog.
I think it’s time I get over my fear of losing them at any given minute and get a will established.
We don’t have a will yet. We’re recent college grads, recently married and have no children. A will is something we haven’t found time or money for yet; we are focusing extra money on paying off college loans via Dave Ramsey’s plan.
I seriously need a will!! Like so many other people I am LOST about what to do with my kiddos if my hubby and I both die. I am fine with the rest of the process but I don’t know what to do with the kiddos. We are having our fifth baby next spring so I need to get my act together. Do you have any suggestions on choosing a guardian and talking to said guardian? I feel bad asking anyone to raise 5 kids
I forgot to mention that some states have a law that if you die without a will your child immediately goes into foster care. I was a social worker and when I worked for Arkansas DHS I had a little girl on my case load because her guardian died without a will. The family had to have homestudies done to get her back.
I’ve put off updating my will. Just the thing to get me motivated. With 10 kids—it’s a huge thing!!! Thanks!
I just happened upon your blog TODAY of all days and I’m SO GLAD i did because I have been putting off will-making since Jan of 05 when our oldest was born. it’s SO overwhelming, I don’t even know where to begin…i would LOVE to be entered in this contest.
Also, I just finished reading your story–ohmigoodness! What an AMAZING marriage story!!
This is something I really need to do but more importantly what a great opportunity to do this for my mother. She is very sick and needs to do a will but states of how costly it can be. Thanks for this opportunity!
I have heard about legal zoom. So glad to hear good things about it. Dh and I need to do this soon! Thanks!!
My husband and I keep putting this off for financial reasons, but Legal Zoom seems like an affordable option. My son is two, and we’ve been talking about it since he was born! Thanks for the recommendation.
We’ve talked for years about writing a will, especially after our children were born. The problem is the money involved. That’s why we’ve not gotten one made yet. It would be nice to have one and not have to figure out how to pay for it.
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I’m so glad you’re offering this! I’m afraid of the finacial hit we’ll take to prepare a will. Our families are crazy (at least that’s how we feel about each OTHER’S family – lol) and we can’t decide who will raise them. There is also the issue of a trust in case something should happen to use before they’re of age. How does that work? What does that mean. Like many things…we’ve just avoided what we fear and don’t understand.
Fingers crossed! ~vee
I know I should have one. Especially as a single mom. I’ve thought about it over the years. Shoulda, coulda over the years but I just hated to spend the funds on that when it could be used for something the kids needed. I would love the opportunity to know I provided peace of mind for them by having a will. Thanks!
We don’t have a will primarily because we never felt we could afford the legal fees, and I have not been confident we could create an “official” one online. We have just experienced a 9 month period of unemployment where every single dollar spent was carefully thought over (sometimes agonized over). Thankfully my dh is working again (thank you Lord!) and we are making this a priority. I would love the opportunity to make sure our 5 children were provided for after we are gone.
I really should do a will but to be quite honest I find it all very overwhelming, mainly because with all our family aboard etc the thought of trying to figure out where our little boy would go and what would happen to the house makes me stress out before I can even think. I was a little skeptical at first about websites but I feel that we might give this one a try and see whether they can deal with families in continents all over the world. I guess all that is left is which continent would I pick.
Neither my husband or I have a will and it is for the same reasons you stated. We haven’t had the time, energy or money to get it done. It really is laziness on our part because I do want to have a say in what happens to our daughter if we leave this earth while she is still small.
Thanks for this opportunity, maybe it will be the kick in the pants we need to make a will for ourselves!
We could definitely use this!
We don’t have one for the same reasons you stated: just never got around to it, we don’t like to think about dying and what would happen to our kids if we did.
We will have to check out the site and get this done! Thanks!
Oh wow! This is perfect timing. I have had this on my list of things to do this month and just not gotten to it.
The last time I had a valid will it was 1992. I was in my first marriage, pregnant with my second child, had no assets.
It is now 2009. I am in my second marriage (12 years), have 4 children, 1 of which is in college and another is a senior in highschool. We own a home, 3 vehicles, 2 bank accounts, 2 investment accounts…etc. I have made no arrangements for possible death… and while part of it will just fall to my husband, my older 2 girls are from my first marriage and until the younger of the 2 hits 18, I need to have provisions for her care to keep her safe from her biological father who has been in and out of prison for drugs after spending years trying to kidnap the kids, trying to kill me, etc. I would hate to see what it would do to her to have custody revert to him.
I would love to win this opportunity to work on a will. Thanks for the contest!
Anne
I would love the chance to make a will online or with some guidance. We haven’t yet because we have always procrastinated and never had that moment where we “needed” to.
I’ve just avoided thinking about it. What an awful reason!
We’ve just not made it a priority…..we’ve thought of it a couple of times, but keep putting it off. With four kiddo’s under 7, we know we should have one, but have yet to take that step. Thanks for the opportunity and info.
We’ve worked out some of the details (who takes the kids, who takes care of the money), but I guess I’ve worried about how to actually do it. And if I’m missing something.
Pure procrastination!
We had some papers in place when my husband would deploy but now that we are out of the Army we have not even talked about setting up a proper will.
I also think it is mostly about who our kids would go to. It needs to be dealt with though. We have aging parents and I am the oldest of my siblings, we need to consider who would fit the bill so to speak.
On a funny note a few weeks ago I asked my sister to make sure that if I am ever hit by a bus that my kids don’t end up eating nothing but Hot Pockets! You think I can put that in a will? (just joking… well sorta)
We keep talking about doing a will but we just haven’t gotten it done yet. This sounds like a great way to get it done!
No time, no money!!! And the best part, in my “previous life” before 5 kids I was a Tax CPA! I should know better!!!!!!!!
I keep putting off creating a will, b/c of the money and time commitment. This sounds so easy! Even if I don’t win, I will definitely head over to that website to create one.
I haven’t done it because I don’t know how to explain to everyone who gets my kids. I don’t want to hurt feelings and so I just haven’t done it. The expense and the confusing legal speak just gives me an excuses to put it off.
Ok, here is why I don’t have one: I tried to do it with some free software and got completely confused and eventually gave up. I need a fresh start:)
I don’t have a will because we don’t know who will take our children, and we don’t have life insurance yet. This is something we keep meaning to do, but it never seems to happen.
hanging head in shame – but feeling motivated,
erin
I posted to facebook
I tweeted, too
(really hoping to win this one!!)
I blogged about this too. Thanks for posting this and offering this chance to win something that needs to be done.
We would love to win the free will. We have a 2 year old son and know how important it is to have a will for him but we have not known who should have responsibility for him. I think winning the will would force us (in a good way) to get it done for our son’s sake.
My husband and I don’t have a will because of the money it would take to put it together. But under $70….that’s not bad at all!
My husband and I do not have a will yet because we recently married and just didn’t have the time to do it. Just 2 weeks ago we found out we were expecting our first baby so since then, we have started the process of getting life insurance, upped our limits on our condo and car insurances and have started talking about making our wills. We listen to Mark Levine often and there are always commercials for Legal Zoom, so if you do not select us for the giveaway, we will most likely use them anyway.
So many reasons . . . I didn’t know where to start – go online or call a lawyer, expense, who to make as my kids guardian, taking the time to do it, etc. I would love to get it done. I will have to check out their site. Thanks.
I am so glad you posted this and are doing this contest! I honestly don’t have one because it overwhelms me…it’s not a subject I like to think about and I have no idea who I would trust to care for my wonderful children! Thank you for posting this, I need to start thinking and planning.
My husband and I have not had a will drawn up for a few reasons. First off I was married before my present husband for 5 years to my daughters father and things were always unsteady with him and I was the one who take care of all of our financial responsibilities due to the fact he could not keep a job and never took anything seriously, so we never really thought about a will and even if we had we wouldn’t of been able to afford it at the time. Now that I am remarried and had another child 5 months ago, a will has really been on our minds but as with everyone else, things have been tight and we haven’t had the money to do it and the prospect just seems overwhelming to us! The biggest reason though that I want a will set up so badly is due to the fact that if anything happened to me or my husband and I, my ex- husband would get my daughter and I do not want that to happen. He has so many issues and it would not be a stable environment for my daughter. Even though my husband and my family would fight for her, courts seem to think that blood is thicker than water! It scares me to think that she could be raised by him. I would love to be able to receive a opportunity to win a free will! Thanks!
Today was appointment #3 with our financial planner who came to our house. We bought life insurance today. Friday he’s coming back to set up baby #2 college account. At every appointment he’s pushed us to get on making a will. We haven’t because the big question is who gets our children? It’s agonizing and overwhelming to think about. BUT if I got a free will from your contest I think we could manage to get it done!!
Thanks for the inspiration, Toni. My husband and I were actually recently discussing this. We both know that we need to draft a will, but we just haven’t had time to sit down and “make it happen.”
Quick question for you: how much does it cost to “update” a will once it is established?
We need a will! We have a baby girl and not much else, but I want to be sure who will take her when we are gone. We could sure use a will maker! Thank you!
I think we haven’t made a will yet because we’re lazy and frankly it’s not something we’ve wanted to think about. The decision about what to do with our girls should something happen is especially difficult. And now that they’re teenagers, it’s even more stressful. I can’t stand the thought of peeling them away from their home to live with a relative. It’d be bad enough to lose their parents, but to have to start over in a new town would multiply their tragedy. So I pull a “Scarlett O’Hara” and “I’ll think about it tomorrow”.
Not a good idea, I know…
All of the normal reasons, don’t have the time, the cost, figuring out who I would want to take care of my kids. I would love to win this.
Thanks for offering this give away it would give us peace to have this done.
I think it’s really important to have a will. I’ve been married for five years and we just haven’t made it happen yet – I dread the thought of one (or both) of us passing away and leaving the other unprepared.
i actually have one that i just wrote up by myself after my son was born – so i’m not sure it would hold up in court…but since that time, i’ve gotten married & need to get one done – just don’t want to spend the $$ on a lawyer!
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Thanks for this reminder, and offer. I always get tripped up when thinking about a guardian for my children…grandparents, aunts, friends, it is just too hard with 4 to imagine who could handle it, and keep them focused on eternity.
Geez you know, I just don’t know why we don’t have one. We always INTENDED to do one but with tavelling from country to country I suppose it was difficult to find a lawyer? I am off to check out LegalZoom now!
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I would love to win a will.
I’m not sure why I haven’t updated my Will, but I really need to take care of it. My kids are older now and I need to make some changes. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
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My husband and I have two little girls and we’ve never written a will. We need to (obviously), but, you know, the cost and time involved… If something happened to us I wouldn’t want our girls to be put into some sort of transitional care while legalities were figured out; I’d want them to be able to go straight to the guardians that we want for them. And to make things as easy for those guardians as possible.
I don’t have one because we just haven’t gotten around to it. I know that it is so important to do and we talk about it but just haven’t sat down and done it. I’m a little intimidated too!
Yeah I so need to do this! I’ve procrastinated because I just don’t know where to start. Who to go to to get this done.
We really need a will, but have put it off since it is so expensive…
I don’t have a will because I don’t have much, I don’t want to think about it and it seems like an expensive, time-consuming thing to do. I know I need one as a mother of kids, though.
We definitely need to get working on a will, but knowing who to trust our son with is a difficult thing. Thanks!
I have been thinking and procrastinating about this very subject. It freaks me out, but I know I need one. My husband has mentioned LegalZoom several times, but I was unsure as it seemed too good to be true. I am glad you found otherwise
This sounds fabulous. We don’t have a will for pretty much the same reasons you mentioned–getting and paying for childcare, the expense of the legal fees, and finding the block of time to do it. It just seems really overwhelming!
We don’t have wills because the process seems nebulous and frightening. Who do you trust? How much does it cost? Who do we name as guardian of the kids? If you do it yourself, do you have to get it notarized? Where do you keep it?
Unfortunately this is something that many of us avoid doing. When my dad passed five years ago, without a will, it was a very difficult time emotionally made even more challenging because of the legal issues – which would have been virtually non-existent from my understanding, if only he’d had a will. I spent a lot of time talking with friends and family about how important having a will is. And, I’m ashamed to admit it…. we still have not written ours. We talk about it every once in a while, but with my husbands schedule (he travels a LOT) we’ve never been able to get it accomplished. I think having a computer program that we could work on at home together would be the perfect solution!
We haven’t done it yet because either cost or the fact that we don’t want to think about it.
I’m interested because I know how important it is to do…but, not really wanting to think about really doing this…..
We don’t yet have a will because we didn’t consider it a priority until we had children. Now that we’ve had our daughter, it is definitely something we’d like to look into further. We’re just not sure where to begin …
We don’t have a will because we have absolutely no wasy to decide who will raise our children. There are NO good options, for so many reasons. We may as well just pull a name out of a hat. i guess that would be preferable to letting the legal system sort it out while our children have no home…
A friend of mine lost her husband at 39 years old. She not only experienced the grief of her loss, but also the pain of not having any plans for this loss. A will is one of our goals this year, but the expense of a lawyer has definitely deterred us. This giveaway would be such a blessing!
I have the same reasons you do! No time, no money, confusion! Before my baby was born I called many local attorneys and they were all around $500!!! It is so important but that is expensive! I would love to do a will with LegalZoom!
This is an awesome giveaway! My husband and I were just talking about needing a will but the money involved is the biggest obstacle. So knowing about this service is FANTASTIC and I will be looking into this!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
I don’t have a will for the same reasons you posted. Maybe this is what I need.
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No good reason here. You’d think that after 12 years of marriage, 5 years overseas, and 2 children and house and a dog we’d have done it. Thanks for the chance!
I need to do this so bad. Thanks for the chance to win!
I have not gotten around to making a will because of cost and feeling a bit overwhelmed at doing it. I’ve actually started one using Crown Financial’s forms, but they aren’t as user friendly as LegalZoom sounds.
We have a 1yr old and just bought a house! So, I’d really like to have a will made out!
Thanks for this opportunity!!
its a bit scary being tight on money not have the opportunity to create a will for my family. i have a son and husband with no family members around us–if anything was to happen to us together (me and my husband)my son’s life would change drastically–everyday people’s life change even the individuals lifestyles whom u originally put in charge of your child’s future goals and expectations.
My husband & I just had this discussion (again) because he could not remember who we agreed would care for our children should something happen to both of us. Thanks for the chance to write it down!
I need a will in order to protect my son’s future.
I wish I had this fantastic reason why I don’t have one…. like we move every year and I am always unpacking boxes or we spend all of our free time backpacking national parks or we train elephants. But we don’t. We just never get around to nailing the shutters to the house or making a will. Sad but true.
Until now, we’ve had so little that I didn’t think it really mattered. But now we’ve had our first child and of course we want to make sure it’s all squared away for her sake after we are gone.