Your wishes, clearly recorded
Will Writing
Making a Will gives you the opportunity of ordering your affairs for after your death.
Why make a Will?
Put your affairs in order.
We all have a natural reluctance to contemplate our own death, but it is the one thing in life that is guaranteed. If you don't leave a Will then the law will step in and a rigid set of rules, known as the Intestacy Rules, will dictate what happens to your property and your money.
By making a Will you can control how your property and affairs will be dealt with. It will ensure that your wishes are properly taken into consideration and it will make life much easier for those you leave behind.
The benefits
What a Will can help you do.
Providing financial security for loved ones
Making gifts of possessions and money
Paying less inheritance tax
Appointing guardians for your children
Choosing your executors
Avoiding inheritance disputes
Creating a life interest
Specifying wishes for your funeral
Making arrangements for your pets
Avoiding the unintended consequences of intestacy
Intestacy
What happens if I don't have a Will?
If you die without a valid will, you have no say in what happens to your estate. Instead, the rules of intestacy will divide your estate in a predetermined way amongst specific members of your family and this may not be to people who you wished to benefit. Furthermore, the intestacy rules may not produce the most tax-efficient way of distributing your estate.
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