Making a will.

Hi Bill I think you will find that your assets can be taken for care fees whatever your will says. That would be your half of the house as your children already own the other half. If you do remarry your will will become invalid so you will need to make another one after marriage if you want to be sure your children will inherit.

Hi Greatnan

I am widowed and in the UK.
My wife left half the house I am now living in to our children. I did a mirror will.
As far as we are concerned our children are going to inherit the house and we wanted to ensure at least our own halves of the house could not be taken by the council for care fees or to any future husband / wife.
I am in my late 60's and do not want to get married again as I know the problems late in life marriages can bring to the children.
I think my children have suffered enough losing their mother never mind part of their inheritance.
They are not on drugs or anything like that.
The only encounter we had with the police was when my daughter collapsed in the road.
She had drank 1 glass of wine. The police called an ambulance and she was found to have low blood pressure but they thought the glass of wine probably topped her.
She was taken into a nearby police station as they only wanted her to go when I arrived to collect her.

Bill