Just one in three parents has made a will

You can dress it up as superstition, a reluctance to tempt fate or just plain laziness — but whatever the reason, just one in three Irish parents has made a will.

Even among those who haven’t long-fingered that final planning exercise, one in five with a will hasn’t made provision for guardianship.

The good or bad news for godparents — depending on how you feel about rearing another’s offspring — is that you are no longer automatic choice of guardian. Just more than a quarter said their child’s godparent should be made guardian. But then, many parents weren’t that big on family either — fewer than half strongly agreed that only a family member should be their child’s guardian.