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ladybug2203
This is completely hypothetical, but if something happened to your childed adult siblings, would you take in your nieces and nephews? What would you do if your spouse insisted on taking in their niece/nephew because something happened to their parents.
If it were my nieces/nephews Id say no, if my spouse insisted on taking his nieces/nephews because something happened to the parents, well lets just say he would become a single dad.
Im not attached, but if i do this will be a stipulation in our prenup. Childfree means childfree, not only are we not having kids, we arent taking custody of anyone elses kids either should their parents die of become otherwise unable, he will agree to this before i walk down that isle. A childfree couple is prime targets for beibg put in the will for custody of loaves.
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It depends on if it's a decent* teenager who basically just needs a room to stay in or a 5-year-old. Maybe to the decent teen, absolutely not to anything else.
*By "decent" I mean one that is not in trouble, self-sufficient and has plans to leave or pay rent right after high school graduation. A young adult.
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Since the kids are all older I would take them in, knowing it would probably ruin my life. But I'd think of it like getting cancer- you can't plan for this shit, it just happens. Even if the kids were miserable being raised by me, it would be better than having them homeless. So that's my line.
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Im not attached, but if i do this will be a stipulation in our prenup.
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Since the kids are all older I would take them in, knowing it would probably ruin my life. But I'd think of it like getting cancer- you can't plan for this shit, it just happens. Even if the kids were miserable being raised by me, it would be better than having them homeless. So that's my line.
Your answer makes me curious... are you in a position, vis a vis a friend or relative's living will, to take legal custody of children in the event that they are orphaned?
I wonder how many on this board would be willing to take them in at let's say age 15 as opposed to age 5, knowing that it wouldn't be too long until the child was out of the house.