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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in a situation where a child becomes orphaned and the parents have ANY relatives or friends they are actually involved with, CPS would not even come into it initially, courts and agencies become involved at the point where someone who has taken immediate responsibility for the kid(s) is subsequently formalizing the arrangements. Just like how many people without money take on the care of a family member's child(ren) for other reasons (drugs, jail, health issues, etc). Generally, CPS would be called because someone else is on the scene officially (hospital social worker, EMT and police responding to a death in the home) and identify a child nobody seems to be taking responsibility for. [/quote]

Why would you leave any of that to chance? Insane.[/quote]

Whether or not it is insane, many people do leave it to chance, and I'll bet most people who have no significant assets don't have a will. I'm just saying that simply because there is no will does not automatically mean CPS enters the picture.

Plus, even guardianship that was agreed to prior to demise is going to require the court to oversee and sign off on it, right? And that means a guardian ad litem or custody investigator or someone like that is going to step in to review the circumstances.

According to Gallup:

Likely reflecting those age and socioeconomic differences, nonwhite adults (28%) are about half as likely as white adults (51%) to have a will. Given the relationships between age and income and having a will, the percentage who say they have a will rises to 75% among upper-income Americans aged 55 and older.

--which suggests that even among whites, the majority of younger adults with children probably don't have a will 
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