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Writing a will without paying a solicitor
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Contesting it on what grounds though. A will isn't split based on who did the most to help. If the last surviving parent has made it clear that the estate is to be split evenly between their children then that's pretty cut and dry. Contest it all they like, but if she was of sound mind when it was made then I can't see it ever being overruled just because one sibling helped out more than another.
Are you genuinely going to miss your grandmothers money?
Depends how much he won and how good he is at keeping hold of it! Plenty of lottery winners have put themselves back to square one (apologies if I missed the thread where he won 150m on the euro lotto!)
No but not being told about it and finding out another way it doesn't seem fair. Basically I was only meant to find out when the time had come.
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That's perfectly understandable. Maybe a conversation you need to have with your grandmother, you understand in your situation that the extra money to you wouldn't really make any difference, but would have been nice to hear those were her intentions beforehand.
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Well they're trying, it will be interesting to hear the outcome if we are told the truth.
It was a proper Will so I can't see them altering it.
If they made personal sacrifices and/or spent money they were never refunded, then there's a good case right there. Even if there isn't, the estate pays for the defence, meaning everyone ends up with less.
Seriously, why are so many people reluctant to spend the relatively trivial amount of money necessary to get this done properly?
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Exactly, not only do you have the age old litigious potential beneficiary, you now have the litigious legal representatives, only too eager to embrace even the most forlorn of cases.
Between the two of them an estate's total decimation can occur within but a few short years of acrimony.
A definite route is undue influence as a grounds to challenge the Will (e.g. the third sister forced mother to give her a 1/3rd share).
A route I'm not sure if it applies to Wills is detrimental reliance, e.g. the two helping sisters were promised 50% of the estate in exchange for caring for their mother but the Will was never updated to reflect this promise.
death and wills are funny old things and produce lots of lies....
My old boss whom i worked for, for 20 years. Stated he would leave me 1% of the business, it was a multimillion pound company.
I was still with him in late 60s when his wife died......He immediately moved his bit on the side in and signed everything over to her ignoring his own children....
They have contested everything so everything has been on hold for years now and the wife cannot access anything at all to do with him. To make itr harder for her the children refuse to answer the phone to solictors etc so they drag it on on and make it as hard as possible..
Always get it done properly and even then expect the unexpected....Remember no on is entitled to anything its what you think they deserve.
I have heard that leaving money into a trust for your kids can be better as its far harder to contest.
My old boss whom i worked for, for 20 years. Stated he would leave me 1% of the business, it was a multimillion pound company.
I was still with him in late 60s when his wife died......He immediately moved his bit on the side in and signed everything over to her ignoring his own children....
They have contested everything so everything has been on hold for years now and the wife cannot access anything at all to do with him. To make itr harder for her the children refuse to answer the phone to solictors etc so they drag it on on and make it as hard as possible..
Always get it done properly and even then expect the unexpected....Remember no on is entitled to anything its what you think they deserve.
I have heard that leaving money into a trust for your kids can be better as its far harder to contest.
The will that @SexyGreyFox was referring to was by the sounds of it properly created and as I pointed out earlier if people are going to get arsey and contest it it won't matter who wrote it they will still contest it which is to everyone detriment. I'd love to know what people think a lawyer does differently to a kit/free will for a simple straight forward will? The reality is that the practice assistants will lift the standard text they use change the names/percentages a lawyer will then possibly spend 5 minutes double checking it before the secretary sends it out for signing along with a £500 will. A basic will is a simple document using standard wording and really doesn't need to cost you hundreds of pounds, again if your estate and wishes are complex and or highly controversial then get a lawyer involved otherwise it is a waste of money. Oh and talk to your loved ones and let them know what's coming don't leave that job to the executors of the will at what will be a highly emotional time for all involved as it is definitely a cowardly thing to do.
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