Many people aren’t aware that any existing Will they have will be automatically revoked on marriage, unless it was drafted in a specific way to prevent this from happening. A lot of people make the incorrect assumption that because they are married, they don’t need a Will, thinking that all will pass to their spouse on their death.
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I was interested to read this week that there is another new initiative to try and reform the laws of intestacy to include cohabitees.
It was Benjamin Franklin who said in 1789 “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Recent research suggests that in the UK we are likely to be faced with more deaths and consequently more taxes over the next decade.
We often come across estates with beneficiaries who are proving difficult to trace for a number of reasons. These reasons include family estrangement, death of the beneficiary, and poor drafting of a Will, often by a non-professional person.
It was interested to read the latest marriage rates statistics from the Office for Nationals Statistics. The greatest percentage increase in rates of marriage occurred amongst men and women aged 65 and over.
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