Single Will
If you are a single person, we can draft your will, clearly outlining appointed executors, appointed guardians, division of estate/assets, and beneficiaries.
Unless there is a valid Will, in the event of death, the Law will decide how everything is dealt with and who will benefit from your accumulated wealth.
Why do you need a will?
Unless there is a valid Will in the event of death, the Law will decide how everything is dealt with and who will benefit from your accumulated wealth.
Service Types:
CORRESPONDENCE SERVICE
We will communicate with you via phone, email and post. You will receive: -
Personal advice and guidance throughout
Free will registration with Certainty the National Will Register
Free will storage in our safe
PERSONAL SERVICE
We will communicate with you via phone, email, post and meetings, including witnessing the Will signing. You will receive: -
Personal advice and guidance throughout
Free will registration with Certainty the National Will Register
Free will storage in our safe
Witnessing
Virtual and or face to face meetings
Main advantages of having a will:
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You decide what happens
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You pick who will oversee everything (Executors)
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You pick who will look after your children (Guardians)
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You pick who will receive everything and in what shares
Main advantages of using a professional:
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Bespoke drafting so that your wishes are followed to the letter
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Bespoke drafting so that your wishes are followed to the letter
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Ensuring that your will is properly executed and legally binding
SINGLE PERSON – not married, no children
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If parents are divorced, they will still have to share everything equally
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Nothing passes to partners (it does not matter how long you have been together)
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If there is no will, everything will pass to parents or siblings or cousins etc.
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If intending to marry, a statement can be inserted in your will to say that marriage will not affect the will
MARRIED BUT SEPARATED PERSON – not yet divorced.
(Until the divorce is finalised, a husband or wife will still inherit the assets regardless of how long they have been separated.)
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Any existing will is still valid even after the divorce is complete, so even if the spouse can’t inherit, other provisions such as Executors and gifts may still need to change.
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Trustees and Guardians may be necessary to look after your children
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If parents are divorced, they will still have to share everything equally
UNMARRIED COUPLE – possibly first-time buyers
Partners are not entitled to anything regardless of how long they have been together
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There is no such thing as “common-law wife/husband”
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Partners need to provide for each other in their Wills for that to be legally binding
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Trustees and Guardians may be necessary for your children
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Trusts may be necessary to allow a partner to continue living in a property and to ensure that children can still inherit
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If you are planning to get married, this can be confirmed in your Will so that the marriage does not affect your will
We recommend registering your will with the National Will Register, Certainty. So no matter where you are in the world, you know your will can be found without question.
For more information on the individual Will services we provide, click on the link below to get in touch