Leave Estate Planning to the Professionals We all like to take control – we were raised to be independent and work things out for ourselves! That Ikea furniture your son wanted to help you with? Done. Set up. You probably did a better job than he would have done. However, some things are more complex […]
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Like many other developed nations, the UK’s population is rapidly ageing as people eschew having children. This has caused a seismic shift in people’s later life plans as many older people do not have children or grandchildren to leave their estate to. Leaving your assets to a spouse can cause a variety of complications. What
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A key part of preparing a will is to select an executor. An executor is appointed to carry out your wishes and the instructions outlined in your Will when you die. An executor’s duties are likely to include: sourcing your financial documentation and listing all assets including property, possessions, and money. applying for probate. sending
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Testamentary Freedom means having the legal right to decide what and to whom we leave the proceeds of our estate. After all, we earned it so we should be able to decide who gets it when we’re gone, right? In a similar vein to our blog post on Sideways Disinheritance, what becomes evident is that
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Remarriage is a fact of modern life, especially after the death of a spouse. In 2020, there were almost 70,000 excess deaths as a result of the global pandemic and due to this, life expectancy (using England as the example) was lowered by 1.3 years for males and 0.9 years for females, according to the
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