Dear Queenie,
My husband’s father is a lawyer. He recently suggested that we should each have a will to control how our money will be divided up when we die and who will be our children’s guardians if they are still underage, and he offered to do the legal work for us.
My husband and I agree that this is a good idea, but we don’t want his parents to be the children’s guardians because of the way they raised him. The problem is that his father might get mad at us if he has to put this in the will and he might be offended if we go to another lawyer.
Queenie, what to do?—Lawyer’s daughter-in-law
Dear Daughter-in-law,
Your father-in-law is absolutely right about the importance of having a will. If you do not want him to be involved, go to another attorney and have your wills drawn up and registered appropriately. Then, if he brings up the matter again, thank him very kindly for his advice and tell him you have already taken care of it.
