Baha'is are required to leave a Will and Testament outlining the inheritance for their children: "Unto everyone hath been enjoined the writing of a will." - Baha'u'llah A further requirement: "If the deceased should leave children who are under age, their share of the inheritance must be entrusted to a reliable individual, or to a company, that it may be invested on their behalf in trade and business until they come of age. The trustee should be assigned a due share of the profit that hath accrued to it from being thus employed." - Baha'u'llah My wife and I set up a Trust along with our Will to provide for our descendants. Without a Will the survivors may well have to resort to a Court and legal fees could be exorbitant. Baha'i Faith stresses unity and strong families. There is a provision that if you do not leave a Will certain distributions will be made but as yet these are not enforced. The following site further elucidates: Bahá'í Wills Testaments and Estate Law
A testament, on the other hand, is about one's spiritual estate. <interesting> In it many people endeavor to pass on what they have learned and what they deem most important about their life journey. A testament can be a repository of family history, a personal sermon, a list of accomplishments and/or regrets. Or, in my case, a summary of what I have always wanted to tell my loved ones that they didn't want to hear at the time, LOL! <err...yikes> I've never knew this part...
