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Making a Will is one of the most important things you’ll ever do. We spend our lives looking after our loved ones so why wouldn’t we want to make sure they’re protected when we’re no longer here?

Making a Will is, understandably, one of those things we all tend to put off. However it really is something everyone needs to do in order to

• Safeguard your loved ones
• Say where your money and assets are to go
• Save your loved ones from more stress

Write a will, if it’s the last thing you do

There are a number of simple ways to communicate the importance of having an up-to-date will. Put it this way – if you die intestate, your assets will be distributed according to the law, which could be very different to your wishes.

If your living with a partner but not married to them and have no children, for instance, then your parents or other family members may inherit, not your partner.

Similarly, if you have no spouse, children, parents, siblings or other close relatives, the Government could take all the estate. Your may prefer friends or favourite charity benefit from their assets. Without a will, this is not possible.

Many people are under the belief that their loved ones will automatically inherit what they would have wanted or expected. However without a Will our loved ones, including partners, children and grandchildren, can be left vulnerable and unprotected.

If a person dies without a Will, their assets are inherited under the rules of intestacy. Under these rules children and grandchildren would not inherit anything if you were a) married and b) had assets that amounted to less than £250,000. This could cause potential conflict especially if you had children from a previous relationship.

Alternatively an unmarried partner has no right to an inheritance; your children, grandchildren, parents even the government would inherit your estate ahead of your partner. Their only hope would be to make a claim against your estate – which could, in reality, be a claim against their own children!

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Please Note:-
Wills are available by referral.