My wife is one of 10 children. Her parents died without a will leaving the siblings to fight over the fate of their valuable house. It has split the siblings into two warring factions that refuse to talk to each other, making lawyers rich. This is in another country and my wife and I mostly stay out of it but it’s sad to see what failing to have a will can do to a family.
my parents had a will and my sisters fought anyways. People that wanna fight are gonna fight.
My best friend lost about 90% of her estate to a greedy sister.
I think they did have a will, too, but the sister challenged everything and the defense for the challenges came out of the estate until there was nothing left.
And they could have had a decent settlement each.
There is no reason to have a will if you are never going to die. That’s why some people don’t have wills. It’s like begging death to come to your door.
I know several people who think like this.