Father made a new will with his girlfriend - advice needed
Hi guys! I’m 20 years old and my dad is wanting me to “sign off” on his new will as an executor? My parents got divorced in 2022 and my dad has been dating his girlfriend for around four years. They have recently written a will together, as she is now on the mortgage of his house. I obviously don’t understand much about legal things but want to know whether I should be concerned about this.
He says that if one of them passes, their children (my dad has me and my sister and she has an older son from a previous marriage) will get a payout/portion of the life insurance straight away and will get the rest when the other one passes away. I am confused about what is stopping my dad‘s girlfriend from writing me and my sister out of the will and leaving everything to her son if my dad was to die first. I’ve asked him if this was possible and he said that it would be a long process but technically isn’t impossible. He essentially made it sound like the only thing stopping that from happening is that they trust each other.
While it is awful to talk about, I don’t know if I should be worried about this / what questions to ask to ensure this doesn’t happen later. I would like to believe that it would all be okay but I have heard horror stories and know people act differently when money is involved