Making a will.

Kronos

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I thought that now I should consider making one and I feel doing it online is all I really need,as I feel my needs are simple enough. Everything I have which is not a lot but perhaps a bit more than than a fortnight or so ago I want to go to my partner Edith.

How specific does the wording need to be, obviously Edith would need to be mentioned, but can I just put in the will everything including bank accounts should go to the aforementioned?

I have heard that in March some companies offer a free will service but not sure how I would go about finding out which firms offer this service.
 
Personally my thoughts are that a will isn't something which should be done on the cheap. Too easy for it go go wrong and fail.

Putting a simple will in place is cheap - About £120 and sometimes less. I wouldn't chance it with these DIY kits etc.
 
So put "free will writing kits/firms/companies in Edinburgh" then.

Generally when people are making a rather large life decision they try to do some sort of research.

Buy hey GD on a Saturday...
 
BDEE said:
Personally my thoughts are that a will isn't something which should be done on the cheap. Too easy for it go go wrong and fail.

Putting a simple will in place is cheap - About £120 and sometimes less. I wouldn't chance it with these DIY kits etc.
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Genuine question: if your wishes are simple, like everything you have is to be left to your spouse, then what can go wrong?
 
I would personally have it done professionally, that way you can be assured that everything is done as per your wishes. Doing it yourself you may inadvertently get something wrong which will leave your loved ones with a problem.
 
My wife and I made a will about 24 years ago, we bought a will making kit from the Torygraph for £75.00. It's a very simple will covering us two and our 3 children. Last week my accountant, who is a will making "specialist", examined it and pronounced it sound. He did point that it didn't cover the dog.
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
I think the point may have been why the need for a will at all if there are no other potential benefactors.

Kronos - who is going to walk your cats in the event of an untimely death?!
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If you die with no will then assets are split under the laws of intestacy meaning they might not go to who you want. Plus it speeds up the process having a will in place because of the need to apply for probate.
 
BDEE said:
If you die with no will then assets are split under the laws of intestacy meaning they might not go to who you want. Plus it speeds up the process having a will in place because of the need to apply for probate.
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Precisely this, even if only your wife would get it anyway, having a will stops any other claims, speeds the process, and likely saves money on legal fees for intestacy along the way.
Do it, simple will, sorted.
 
If you really don't want to pay a solicitor you can always wait for WillAid month and then the cash goes to charity anyway.
 
Moses said:
Because minor mistakes lead to massive headaches, it helps prevent people doing things they can't legally do (eg. cutting dependents out of the will, or cutting out people who's lives they supported whilst alive, etc), they're aware of past pitfalls, and so forth. It also saves the people dealing with the estate and benefitting from the estate from worry - well, can help to do so.
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I understand that, and it makes sense for complex estates or split inheritance etc, but if it's literally just "Everything to Joe Bloggs", where is the room for a mistake?
 
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