wills

A question about : wills

Hi,

My wife & I are intending to make a new will.
We intend to make mirror wills & appoint each other(the surviving ) as both the benefactor & also the executor.
Is it possible that in the event of both passing away at the same time e.g. plane crash, to appoint 2nd executors( our children) in this sort of events?

Thank you

Best answers:

• Yes it is.
• Not only is it possible, it's pretty much essential that you provide at least one alternative to who are executors and who inherits. Otherwise you have to keep remaking documents.
  A good solicitor will make sure there are provisions in your Will for eventualities like you say, but even if you didn't die together then your wills should provide for what happens if you are the surviving spouse.
• If my DH and I had mirror wills and the survivor remarries, does that mean that the new spouse would inherit. My thinking is, what about our children - grown adults with their own kids now?.
• This is a frequent and major bone of contention on this forum.