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Have you made a will?

  • 11-08-2015 7:22pm
    #1
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭


    I read an article today that few people have a will made, apparently its a pain in the hole for your family if you dont have one made, can you make one yourself? Who would you leave it to? Do your cats get a share at all??


    Please see the following service provided by the DSPCA in relation to will making, all they ask is that you leave them €500. They will draft and register the will in association with a solicitor firm, the solicitor firm will also store the will if you so wish:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057475764


Comments

  • #2
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    One More Toy wrote: »
    I read an article today that few people have a will made, apparently its a pain in the hole for your family if you dont have one made, can you make one yourself? Who would you leave it to? Do your cats get a share at all??

    yep.. was just talking about this last week

    http://www.lawyer.ie/probatewills/how-to-make-a-valid-will


  • #3
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    Im a peasant so aside from a large collection of horror movie stuff I have nothing to leave.

    My wife is delighted Im sure.


  • #4
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    I've just bequeathed my entire stack of porn to you OP.


  • #5
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    I've just bequeathed my entire stack of porn to you OP.

    Sticky pages.....


  • #6
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    **** em.

    Let them fight over it.


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  • #7
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Well you didn't have the will to live,

    Screw it in death.


  • #8
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,059 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    kneemos wrote: »
    **** em.

    Let them fight over it.

    They won't have to. No will, then it goes to next of kin.

    And you might HATE THEM!!


  • #9
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I have nobody to leave anything to, apart from the dog, and she's useless with money.


  • #10
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I have nobody to leave anything to, apart from the dog, and she's useless with money.

    That's barking mad.


  • #11
    Roger_007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I have nobody to leave anything to, apart from the dog, and she's useless with money.

    I will give your dog a good home after you're gone. I promise to spend the money exclusively on the dog.


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  • #12
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Its an unholy mess if you don't. Particularly if your estate is made up of assets rather than cash.


  • #13
    OneOfThem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭OneOfThem


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Its an unholy mess if you don't. Particularly if your estate is made up of assets rather than cash.

    Anyone involved in that mess has chosen to be. So fvck 'em.


  • #14
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    I've just bequeathed my entire stack of porn to you OP.

    Used pornography is probably very low on the list of things people want be left by someone.


  • #15
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Arsemageddon wrote: »
    Used pornography is probably very low on the list of things people want be left by someone.

    Au contraire!


  • #16
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Arsemageddon wrote: »
    Used pornography is probably very low on the list of things people want be left by someone.

    But a friend to remove your hidden stash when dead is paramount, before your partner or parents find it.


  • #17
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Plan to have any remaining family battle it out in a Royal Rumble, winner takes allllllllllllllllllllllllllll!


  • #18
    Sugar Free
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭Sugar Free


    Not as such but if I die a particular person will get a tidy sum (pension+multiples of my salary). That might be life assurance actually, not sure!


  • #19
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Sugar Free wrote: »
    Not as such but if I die a particular person will get a tidy sum (pension+multiples of my salary). That might be life assurance actually, not sure!


    Sleep tight.


  • #20
    Sugar Free
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭Sugar Free


    kneemos wrote: »
    Sleep tight.

    I should get a food taster...


  • #21
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    OneOfThem wrote: »
    Anyone involved in that mess has chosen to be. So fvck 'em.

    It makes things much more difficult having assets where there is no will. If parties to the estate don't agree that is.


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  • #22
    OneOfThem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭OneOfThem


    Gael23 wrote: »
    It makes things much more difficult having assets where there is no will. If parties to the estate don't agree that is.

    I understand the reasons it'd make things more difficult. If anyone that would be entitled to what I leave behind (hopefully fvck all, if I've timed things right) wants to argue amongst themselves like a pack of hyenas over a half devoured gazelle corpse, then they deserve any amount of difficulty they experience. Good enough for them, I say. Let that be their price.

    :D


  • #23
    Jotunheim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Jotunheim


    I tried to make a will, but I couldn't find a way.


  • #24
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Pretty sure we had this a few weeks ago...

    Anyway, no I don't but I have looked into it along with a pension after reading another AH thread... feeling very grown up


  • #25
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Sticky pages.....

    Hello 1985 called and it wants it's mags back.


  • #26
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Hello 1985 called and it wants it's mags back.

    It can f*ck off. Some great stuff in those mags!!


  • #27
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    It can f*ck off. Some great stuff in those mags!!

    The ones found in hedgerows were always the best.


  • #28
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    when i die people will get tickets and there will be a tombola
    you only get a ticket if you perform your assigned task for my elaborate funeral rites (but thats a a different story)
    this actually motivates me to amass currency as i reckon it'll be awesome (course i'll be dead but hopefully people will cry)


  • #29
    zanador
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭zanador


    Banjo String wrote:
    The ones found in hedgerows were always the best.


    Yeah what was this about? I used to find dirty magazines in hedges when I was a kid. Had completely forgotten until your post!


  • #30
    DareGod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    No, but I will.


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  • #31
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    zanador wrote: »
    Yeah what was this about? I used to find dirty magazines in hedges when I was a kid. Had completely forgotten until your post!
    uptight dads would buy porn , **** in hedges and throw away porn
    nowadays we use incognito mode

    also i mourn the right of passage that hunting for hedge porn was for a boy


  • #32
    Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!


    Not yet, still trying to suss out who is most deserving of the 0.50c in my bank account and beloved hat collection..


  • #33
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! wrote: »
    Not yet, still trying to suss out who is most deserving of the 0.50c in my bank account and beloved hat collection..

    you mean 0.50€
    /\this is why you are pov /\


  • #34
    Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!


    Tigger wrote: »
    you mean 0.50€
    /\this is why you are pov /\

    Pov? As in poverty? I would think so, yes. What with the 50 cent in my bank account and all.


  • #35
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    Yes. And a living will. No Peg Tube for moi!


  • #36
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Get your will tattooed all over yourself. Kind of like Guy Pearce in Memento


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  • #37
    etoughguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 344 ✭✭etoughguy


    Yes I have I dont want the state deciding who gets what
    You can in theory do it yourself without a solicitor


  • #38
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! wrote: »
    Pov? As in poverty? I would think so, yes. What with the 50 cent in my bank account and all.

    50 cent eh, yoink, bank charges. :(


  • #39
    BehindTheScenes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭BehindTheScenes


    One More Toy wrote: »
    I read an article today that few people have a will made, apparently its a pain in the hole for your family if you dont have one made, can you make one yourself? Who would you leave it to? Do your cats get a share at all??


    Please see the following service provided by the DSPCA in relation to will making, all they ask is that you leave them €500. They will draft and register the will in association with a solicitor firm, the solicitor firm will also store the will if you so wish:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057475764

    So you know you can get it for free http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/over-55s-jumping-at-chance-of-free-wills-offered-by-solicitors-26530257.html


  • #40
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,314 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    No


  • #41
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Anybody with young kids should have a will made to ensure provision is made for trust funds and education until the children reach maturity.


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  • #42
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,063 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    How much do solicitors charge for wills?


  • #43
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I've opted instead to leave a treasure map.


  • #44
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    tayto lover wrote: »
    How much do solicitors charge for wills?

    Mine does them free - he says he'll get paid at the other end of the transaction when the probate etc is done. My wife and I have amended our wills 4 times as our, and our family's, circumstances have changed over the years.


  • #45
    Kiwi in IE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭Kiwi in IE


    Definately have wills. Anyone who has dependent kids should have wills and life insurance. I couldn't sleep without the knowledge that Little Kiwi would be well provided for if we were not here to provide.


  • #46
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,059 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Bottom line is... make a will and leave it as you wish. (if you are married a certain % should be left to spouse or they can claim it anyway).

    OR....

    Don't make a will, and it will go according to the Succession Act, and the beneficaries may NOT be those you want to leave it to at all!

    Your choice. But I want every bit of my estate to go to those whom I love, and loved me back, certain charities, and so on.

    Of course if I marry after making my will, I have to do another. But for now I know where it will go. And that gives me an aaaaah, breathe... feeling.

    It's what I want.


  • #47
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Kiwi in IE wrote: »
    Definately have wills. Anyone who has dependent kids should have wills and life insurance. I couldn't sleep without the knowledge that Little Kiwi would be well provided for if we were not here to provide.

    This also extends if someone is in a position of having an an adult dependant . In fact I think that scenario, although not so common, is a really difficult one


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