Comments on: Do married couples require two Wills? http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/2009/11/do-married-couples-require-two-wills/ For everything about Will writing Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nicholas Button http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/2009/11/do-married-couples-require-two-wills/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Nicholas Button Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:03:03 +0000 http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/?p=10#comment-8 That is correct. It is necessary to name the children of both spouses to avoid a "lottery" situation. Step children, unless specifically named, do not automatically count as issue. That is correct. It is necessary to name the children of both spouses to avoid a “lottery” situation. Step children, unless specifically named, do not automatically count as issue.

]]> By: Jane http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/2009/11/do-married-couples-require-two-wills/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jane Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:41:23 +0000 http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/?p=10#comment-6 If I get remarried and my husband has children and I have children but we want to make a mirror will do I have to name his children as beneficiaries in my will and he to do the same with my children as I read somewhere that step children do not count as natural heirs and must be named ? If I get remarried and my husband has children and I have children but we want to make a mirror will do I have to name his children as beneficiaries in my will and he to do the same with my children as I read somewhere that step children do not count as natural heirs and must be named ?

]]> By: Nicholas Button http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/2009/11/do-married-couples-require-two-wills/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Nicholas Button Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:58 +0000 http://www.howtowriteawill.org/blog/?p=10#comment-4 Don't forget, also, that marriage revokes a Will. If you already have a Will and then get married, the existing Will is revoked and a new one should be made. Don’t forget, also, that marriage revokes a Will. If you already have a Will and then get married, the existing Will is revoked and a new one should be made.

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