Your future depends on the Succession Act 1965 if no will was made

Wills, specific bequests, lifetime transfers, all part of good succession planning

Dear Karen,I live on a fairly large family farm with my husband and three children.Our family home is on the farm, and is in joint names. My mother and father in law live close by, in a cottage also located on the family farm.They transferred the farm to my husband around 10 years ago.I work part-time in an office, but I also help my husband on the farm.Our oldest son, John, is 17 and is doing his Leaving Certificate next year, and he is showing an interest in farming. He works at the weekend and some evenings on the farm with my husband and is considering going to agricultural college.My two younger children are 11 and 14 and have yet to show an interest in farming.I am not certain as to whether my husband has made a will, and I want to know what rights and protection I and the children have, if he dies before me.

Dear Reader,