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Guardians

  • 16-10-2013 12:09pm
    #1
    Gloomtastic!
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    In the process of writing up our wills - husband & wife, 2 kids.

    If both my wife & I die at the same time, do we have to appoint a couple as guardians of our kids or can we stipulate a single person?

    All our siblings are single with little or no chance of this changing.


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    You can appoint a single person, that's not an issue.

    You can also choose to appoint joint guardians in your siblings, if you wish. This gives added protection in the event that, for example, you and your wife and one of the siblings all die at the same time.


  • #3
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,827 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    seamus wrote: »
    You can appoint a single person, that's not an issue.

    You can also choose to appoint joint guardians in your siblings, if you wish. This gives added protection in the event that, for example, you and your wife and one of the siblings all die at the same time.

    Thanks Seamus. Solicitor we are talking to seems to be of the opinion we need a couple. Should we look elsewhere for someone less 'old fashioned'?


  • #4
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    What your solicitor says trumps anything I say, but is he saying that you need a couple from a legal perspective, or is he advising you appoint a couple?

    If it's the former, then I can't see anything which backs it up, but I'm not a solicitor. If it's the latter, then ask him why he advises it.

    The typical route after guardianship is a formal adoption of the child. This is where it would be necessary for the guardians to be a couple, unless they are related to the child. Which they are in your case.


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