Re: Who are your children's guardians?
Yes, my husband and I discussed this a few days ago.
We haven't yet but are planning to prepare a will where everything is clearly laid out. In the case of death, of both of us, our children will be taken care of by my husband's older sister and her husband. We are also the assigned guardians of their children. The reason, well first of all we trust their parenting style, their lifestyle and sincerity. My MIL is alone so she will not be able to do this on her own, and my parents are back home and I want our kids to remain in the US. However, every relative's rights over the kids such as time spent, etc, will be clearly laid out.
Regarding assets, we will assign a power of attorney to whatever funds we have set aside for them...again, we trust the guardians we have selected without a shadow of doubt.
May Allah keep us all in his protection and keep us safe and healthy for our children so this situation doesn't arise. Ameen.