UK Judge overrules legal will

From what I can tell the judge has used the letter of the law and not the spirit.

The law by referring to children is from what I can tell inferring dependant children, basically under the age of consent (ie not recognised by law as an adult). Seems completely reasonable that you would want some very very specific reasons why you would not leave your assets to bring up your children.

I really hope this is referred upwards for a proper judicial review and if they cant get it right its properly legislated to correct.

I can't see what was wrong with the old provisions personally.

Next logical step to avoid this situation would be to transfer your assets to trust with a right to use them upto your death either in part or in their entirety for your own needs. Upon death the trust would be better protected from what I can see than a traditional will now this ruling has been made.
 
Saw this at lunchtime, and I'm absolutely disgusted.

Kid eloped at 17, didn't want to have anything to do with the parents for the rest of her life. After she popped her clogs, kid re-appears out of nowhere and grabs what is essentially a free house while staying on benefits.

Meanwhile in the real world, we are working 25+ years to pay off our mortgage, and 40+ years before we become pensionable.

Granted I'm not a huge animal person, but the will should have gone to the 3 animal charities 100% as originally signed.
 
You guys do realise that wills are altered all the time right? So long as the named beneficiaries of the will are in agreement they are able to terminate or alter large parts of the will. Okay it's a bit different in this case where the daughter wasn't named in the will, but just thought I'd point out that people's last wishes aren't always followed to the letter.
 
I'm now single al4x said:
trrible decision

I would never go after my parents money if they wanted to leave it to someone else
Bringing me up to whenever I leave home is all I'd expect

Basically this means if you sense a dispute you need to have the money out of your account before you die.
Fine if you've been given x months to live
Not if you get hit by a truck

I find this completely immoral
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The dead don't care what happens to thier money.
 
Moses said:
Btw, this thread shows why you should put your affairs in order, rather than expecting your family to act reasonably - people have very different ideas what 'reasonable' means... so having a well drafted will + a letter of wishes + talking to your family about the topic = the way forward.
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What?
Did you not read the story?
The woman had done all of the above.
The judge overruled her.

She made a will. She told the daughter to expect nothing, she made the will years before her death. She also included a letter of wishes.
The judge disregarded it.
 
I'm in two minds about this one.

On the one hand the thought that a judge can overrule a will seems a little perverse to the point of having a will. However I don't know the whole argument and evidence in this case and it is open to a lot of conjecture and supposition. Just from the headline I'm instinctively against the ruling, but as I said I don't know the full story.

That said I'd like to think that if I had next of kin and I went gaga and left all my money/possessions/Worth to a kennel or something a little 'out there' that my offspring would challenge it. Not because they deserve it per se, but because if I were of sound mind why wouldn't I want to help my offspring irrespective of their age?

It is not black and white really, these cases never are.

I just hope this doesn't set a precedent of people claiming legitimacy for fortunes that are not destined to be theirs, unless a sound and valid argument and evidence can be proposed.

I think that offspring that feel entitled to their parents fortunes is the wrong attitude and isn't right. But parents would generally do what they can for their offspring.
 
koolpc said:
Its a shame as it makes out the setting up of a will a joke!
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^^This. While none of my family have much in the way of any money, land or otherwise to pass on. Why would anyone now take the trouble and pay the cost of leaving a will if it's not really worth the paper it's written on? It's not familiar territory at all, but anecdotally a simple will cost in the region of £200-300.
 
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