Your  cheap will   is written to help your family manage the disposal of your estate when you’ve died. Whilst yours may be simple, here are a few unusual ones.

Will’s On Ice With A Twist
It makes sense to make a will. The majority of us understand that, but actually getting around to it seems such a hassle.  How much thought went in these “wills with a difference”?

Even the famous conjurer and escapologist, Harry Houdini, couldn’t escape death. Having died from a burst appendix, one of his biggest shocks came with the reading of his will. His magicians supplys went to his former partner Theodore, who was also his brother. His conjuring powers didn’t work on the next term – his considerable library of scrolls on magic and the supernatural. He left these to the American Society for Psychical Research, but with the requirement that their research officer J Malcolm Bird, who also was the editor of their journal, resigned. They refused the terms the collection was given to the Library of Congress.

The trained rabbits that he utilised in his performance left their hats and were given to the children of friends. Continuing the unusual style, his gave his spouse 10 words, which was a secret code, with the pledge that he would use these words to reach her from the afterlife. Every year for 10 years, following his death, she reliably held séances, but Houdini never made contact.

Rock and blues singer Janis Joplin had a short but notable history. She made several rock anthems and four albums, including “To Love Somebody” and “Me and Bobby McGee”. After years of drugs and drink, she passed away from an overdose, aged 27. Two days prior to her demise in 1970 her cheap will      the figure of 2,500 dollars to fund an all night party at her favourite pub so that her friends could “get blasted after I’m gone.” It must have been some party – that was a large amount of cash back in 1970.

We’ve all heard of people that, unexpectedly, leave all their estate to the dogs’ home, much to the dismay of their family. Many family rows begin when a will is read. As long as there is no reason to doubt the sanity and liberty of the writer when the will is written, there is often little that can be done to object to such a decision.

Eccentricities aside, if you die without writing a will, those who you would want to inherit wont always be the ones that do so. You could have a partner of many years, but if you’re not married or in a legal partnership, he or she won’t get your estate, heedless of your intentions and promises. This can be problematic when it’s not clearly understood and can cause devastating financial consequences.

The modern method to get your will under way is to go online and locate a cheaper wills      . However simple your designs are, it’s advisable to get the professionals to make it for you and you can be assured that you’re leaving your affairs exactly how you would wish them to be.