questions from the blue

A very old friend called me last night - My friend Zippy, (not Patriots Zippy in NH - Hoosac Valley High Shool Zippy, now the MP.)

He called because he and his wife have to update their will before they ship out to Germany in December.
I guess the Army likes to know you've got you're shit in order in case they have to plunk you down in front of an IED.

He asked me to be the Legal Guardian for his kids should something happen to him and the wife.

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I told him this is something I have to discuss with The Man. Told him I'd call him back in a few days.

I understand why it's me he's asked. His family is not what we'd call reliable. The Wife's family is non-existant. My folks are entering the grandparent phase of life. My sister isn't at a place in life to be responsible, or afford kids.
I am currently at a place, where if, gods forbid, something should happen, I could give them a fighting chance.

I wouldn't have custody of *all* the kids, (his two from a previous marriage will stay with the good-for-nothing-but-welfare mother, the Wife's two kids from a previous marriage will go back to their bio-father,) but the two produced from their union would become my responsiblity should anything happen to the both of them.

Now, if it were any other Joe Shmo, I wouldn't have as much concern. But with his line of work, the statistics of something happening jump significantly. Of course, this wouldn't be an issue unless something happens to the both of them, but I wonder what kind of legal quagmire I could be getting myself into if I say yes.

I want to say yes, but it makes me nervous.
- K.