Mortgage

Please don’t put off updating your will. If you made it before you married, unless it states that you are making it in anticipation of marriage it is no longer valid so if you died tomorrow (I sincerely hope you don’t!) you would die intestate and your husband would inherit all your personal belongings, £322k and half the remainder of your estate. Your children would have the other half. I suspect that is not what you would want. People often put off anything will-related. You have good reason not to be one of them.

Barleyfields

I certainly wouldn’t pay off his mortgage. That’s his problem to sort out. It’s not your responsibility. If he wants to keep his house to leave to his children fine, but I trust not at your expense. Use your money to help your children as you want to do and for heaven’s sake make sure you have made a will so that they can inherit from you.

Exactly what Barleyfields says

Thank you! Our marriage is good but this I do feel strongly about.
He seems to think it’s no big deal in paying off his mortgage when I have assets.
But my parents and I have worked hard to achieve what we have and obviously I would rather be helping my children than his!
An updated will is something I am going to do asap.

I certainly wouldn’t pay off his mortgage. That’s his problem to sort out. It’s not your responsibility. If he wants to keep his house to leave to his children fine, but I trust not at your expense. Use your money to help your children as you want to do and for heaven’s sake make sure you have made a will so that they can inherit from you.