My husband and I finally sat down to write our wills and it turns out we have completely different ideas about what should happen to our money if we both die - he wants everything to go to his brother's kids and I assumed we'd split it between both sides of the family, and now we're realizing we've never actually talked about what we think we owe to whom.
More people experience this than they realize.
Creating a will is forcing a reckoning with unspoken assumptions about loyalty, obligation, and what constitutes family.
“Where Are You with Wills trusts and inheritance structures?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.